Erasing A Startup-Config File - HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Configuration Manual

If you wanted to experiment with configuration changes to the software
version in secondary flash, you could create and assign a separate startup­
config file for this purpose.
Figure 6-21. Example of Creating and Assigning a New Startup-Config File
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You can also generate a new startup-config file by booting the switch from a
flash memory location from which you have erased the currently assigned
startup-config file. Refer to "Erasing a Startup-Config File" in the next section.

Erasing a Startup-Config File

You can erase any of the startup-config files in the switch's memory slots. In
some cases, erasing a file causes the switch to generate a new, default-
configuration file for the affected memory slot.
In a redundant management system, this command erases the config or startup
config file on both the active and the standby management modules as long
as redundancy has not been disabled. If the standby management module is
not in standby mode or has failed selftest, the config or startup config file is
not erased.
Syntax: erase < config < filename >> | startup-config >
config < filename >: This option erases the specified startup­
config file. If the specified file is not the currently active
startup-config file, then the file is simply deleted from the
memory slot it occupies. If the specified file is the currently
active startup-config file, then the switch creates a new,
default startup-config file with the same name as the erased
file, and boots using this file. (This new startup-config file
contains only the default configuration for the software
version used in the reboot.)
Switch Memory and Configuration
Multiple Configuration Files
The first two commands copy the config1
startup-config file to config2, and then
make config2 the default startup-config
file for booting from secondary flash.
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