HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Configuration Manual page 124

Switch Memory and Configuration
Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes
How To Cancel Changes You Have Made to the Running-Config File.
If you use the CLI to change parameter settings in the running-config file, and
then decide that you don't want those changes to remain, you can use either
of the following methods to remove them:
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If you use the CLI to change a parameter setting, and then execute the
command without first executing the
change, the switch prompts you to specify whether to save the changes in the
current running-config file. For example:
ProCurve(config)# interface e 1 disable
ProCurve(config)# boot
Device will be rebooted, do you want to continue [y/n]? y
Do you want to save current configuration [y/n]?
Figure 6-2. Boot Prompt for an Unsaved Configuration
The above prompt means that one or more parameter settings in the running­
config file differ from their counterparts in the startup-config file and you need
to choose which config file to retain and which to discard.
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Manually enter the earlier values you had for the changed settings. (This
is recommended if you want to restore a small number of parameter
settings to their previous boot-up values.)
Update the running-config file to match the startup-config file by reboot­
ing the switch. (This is recommended if you want to restore a larger
number of parameter settings to their previous boot-up values.)
Disables port 1 in the running configuration, which causes port 1 to block all traffic.
If you want to update the startup-config file to match the running-config
file, press for "yes". (This means that the changes you entered in the
[Y]
running-config file will be saved in the startup-config file.)
If you want to discard the changes you made to the running-config file so
that it will match the startup-config file, then press
means that the switch will discard the changes you entered in the running­
config file and will update the running-config file to match the startup­
config file.)
command to save the
write memory
Press [Y] to continue the rebooting process.
You will then see this prompt.
[N]
boot
for "no". (This