Modifying The Running Configuration Offline - Patton electronics SmartNode Series Software Configuration Manual

7 • Configuration file handling
Step
3 node (cfg)#copy running-config startup-config Saves the running configuration file as upcom-
4 node (cfg)#reload
Example: Modifying the running configuration at the CLI
The following example shows how to modify the currently running configuration via the CLI and save it as the
startup configuration.
SN#configure
SN(cfg)#
SN(cfg)#copy running-config startup-config
SN(cfg)#reload
Press 'yes' to restart, 'no' to cancel : yes
The system is going down
Modifying the running configuration offline
In cases of complex configuration changes, which are easier to do offline, a SmartNode's running configuration
may be stored on a TFTP server and there edited and saved. Since the SmartNode is acting as a TFTP client,
all file transfer operations are initiated from the SmartNode.
First the running configuration, named running-config, has to be uploaded from the SmartNode to the TFTP
server. After that the configuration file located on the TFTP server gets edited using any regular text editor.
Followed by downloading the configuration back to the SmartNode as upcoming startup configuration and
therefore store it in the persistent memory region nvram: under the name startup-config. Finally the SmartNode
has to be restarted using the reload command to activate the changes.
Note
Consider that a user-specific configuration file does not manipulate any func-
tion of SmartWare until it is copied to—and therefore replaces—the configu-
ration file startup-config. Downloading configuration files to flash memory
using a name other then startup-config is typically useful to activate any config-
uration changes or to store configuration for backup purposes in the flash
memory of the SmartNode.
Mode: Administrator execution
Step
1 node #copy running-config tftp:// node-ip-
address/current-config
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Command
Command
SmartWare Software Configuration Guide
Purpose
ing startup configuration
Restarts the system
Purpose
Uploads the current running configuration as file
current-config to the TFTP server at address node-
ip-address. This progress is visualized with a
counter, counting up from 0 to 100% according
to the downloaded amount of the file size. If the
upload should fail an error message "% File
Transfer - Put failed" is displayed.
Offline editing of the configuration file current-
config on the TFTP server using any regular text
editor.
Configuration file handling task list