Replacing The Running Configuration With The Startup Configuration; Logging Changes To The Startup-Config File; Copying A Configuration File To Or From A Tftp Server - Dell PowerConnect B-FCXs Configuration Manual

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Loading and saving configuration files
To replace the startup configuration with the running configuration, enter the following command
at any Enable or CONFIG command prompt.
PowerConnect#write memory

Replacing the running configuration with the startup configuration

If you want to back out of the changes you have made to the running configuration and return to
the startup configuration, enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.
PowerConnect#reload

Logging changes to the startup-config file

You can configure a Dell PowerConnect device to generate a Syslog message when the
startup-config file is changed. The trap is enabled by default.
The following Syslog message is generated when the startup-config file is changed.
startup-config was changed
If the startup-config file was modified by a valid user, the following Syslog message is generated.
startup-config was changed by <username>
To disable or re-enable Syslog messages when the startup-config file is changed, use the following
command.
Syntax: [no] logging enable config-changed

Copying a configuration file to or from a TFTP server

To copy the startup-config or running-config file to or from a TFTP server, use one of the following
methods.
NOTE
For details about the copy and ncopy commands used with IPv6, refer to
command"
NOTE
You can name the configuration file when you copy it to a TFTP server. However, when you copy a
configuration file from the server to a Dell PowerConnect device, the file is always copied as
"startup-config" or "running-config", depending on which type of file you saved to the server.
To initiate transfers of configuration files to or from a TFTP server using the CLI, enter one of the
following commands:
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copy startup-config tftp <tftp-ip-addr> <filename> – Use this command to upload a copy of the
startup configuration file from the Layer 2 Switch or Layer 3 Switch to a TFTP server.
copy running-config tftp <tftp-ip-addr> <filename> – Use this command to upload a copy of
the running configuration file from the Layer 2 Switch or Layer 3 Switch to a TFTP server.
copy tftp startup-config <tftp-ip-addr> <filename> – Use this command to download a copy of
the startup configuration file from a TFTP server to a Layer 2 Switch or Layer 3 Switch.
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