Saving Configuration Changes - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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Flash memory and PCMCIA flash card file management commands
To reboot the system from a BOOTP server, enter the following command.
BigIron RX# boot system bootp
Syntax: boot system bootp
Configuring the boot source for future reboots
To change the BigIron RX Series Multi-Service IronWare image source from the primary location in
flash memory to another source for future reboots, enter a command such as the following at the
global CONFIG level of the CLI.
BigIron RX(config)# boot system slot1 nmpr02200.bin
The command in this example sets PCMCIA slot 1 as the primary boot source for the BigIron RX
Switch. When you reload the software or power cycle the device, the device will look for the BigIron
RX Series Multi-Service IronWare image on the flash card in slot 1.
Syntax: boot system slot1 <file-name> | slot2 <file-name> | flash secondary | tftp <ip-address>
<file-name> | bootp
NOTE
The command syntax is the same for immediately reloading and for changing the primary source,
except the <file-name> must be the full path name. You cannot specify a relative path name. If the
first character in the path name is not a slash ( / ), the CLI treats the name you specify as relative to
the root directory.
The device's response to the command depends on whether you enter the command at the
Privileged EXEC level or the global CONFIG level.
If you enter multiple boot system commands at the global CONFIG level, the software places them
in the running-config in the order you enter them, and saves them to the startup-config in the same
order when you save the configuration. When you reload or power cycle the device, the device tries
the boot sources in the order they appear in the startup-config and running-config.

Saving configuration changes

You can configure the BigIron RX Series system to save configuration changes to a startup-config in
flash memory or on a flash card in slot 1 or 2.
Displaying the current location for saving configuration changes
Enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI to display the current save
location for the startup-config.
BigIron RX# locate startup-config
Startup-config data location is flash memory
Syntax: locate startup-config
Specifying the location for saving configuration changes
By default, when you save configuration changes, the changes are saved to the startup-config in
flash memory. If you want to change the save location to a flash card in slot 1 or 2, enter a
command such as the following.
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