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Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Operating Notes about Booting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Boot and Reload Command Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Setting the Default Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Booting from the Default Flash (Primary or Secondary) . . . . . . 6-22
Booting from a Specified Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Using Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple
Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-30
Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35
Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the
Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-37
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-38
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-39
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially
Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially
Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Operating Notes for Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Automatic Configuration Update with DHCP Option 66 . . . . . . . . 6-41
CLI Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Possible Scenarios for Updating the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
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