Contents - HP ProCurve Management And Configuration Manual

Switch Memory and Configuration

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Configuration File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement
Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Menu: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Using Save and Cancel in the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Rebooting from the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Web: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Displaying the Current Flash Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Switch Software Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Using Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28
Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple
Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-32
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