Configuration Task List; Saving The Current Configuration - H3C S5100-SI Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual – Configuration File Management
H3C S5100-SI/EI Series Ethernet Switches
can be used instead. This increases the safety and reliability of the file system
compared with the switch that only support one configuration file. You can configure a
file to have both main and backup attribute, but only one file of either main or backup
attribute is allowed on a switch.
The following three situations are concerned with the main/backup attributes:
When saving the current configuration, you can specify the file to be a main or
backup or normal configuration file.
When removing a configuration file from a switch, you can specify to remove the
main or backup configuration file. Or, if it is a file having both main and backup
attribute, you can specify to erase the main or backup attribute of the file.
When setting the configuration file for next startup, you can specify to use the main
or backup configuration file.
IV. Startup with the configuration file
When booting, the system chooses the configuration files following the rules below:
1) If the main configuration file exists, the switch initializes with this configuration.
2) If the main configuration file does not exist but the backup configuration file exists,
the switch initializes with the backup configuration.
3) If neither the main nor the backup configuration file exists, the switch starts up
without loading the configuration file.

1.2 Configuration Task List

Complete these tasks to configure configuration file management:

Saving the Current Configuration

Erasing the Startup Configuration File
Specifying a Configuration File for Next Startup
1.2.1 Saving the Current Configuration
You can modify the configuration on your switch at the command line interface (CLI). To
use the modified configuration for your subsequent startups, you must save it (using the
save command) as a configuration file.
Use the following command to save current configuration:
Task
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Chapter 1 Configuration File Management
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