What To Configure First; Creating A Boot Configuration File - Allied Telesis AT-8100L/8 User Manual

Chapter 2: Starting a Management Session

What to Configure First

Here are a few suggestions on what to configure during your initial
management session of the switch. The initial management session must
be a local management session from the Console port on the switch. For
instructions on how to start a local management session, refer to "Starting
a Local Management Session" on page 70.
Creating a Boot
The first thing you should do is create a boot configuration file in the
switch's file system and mark it as the active boot configuration file. This
Configuration
file is used by the switch to store your configuration changes. It should be
File
noted that a boot configuration file contains only those parameter settings
that have been changed from their default values on the unit. So,
assuming the switch is just out of its shipping container, the file, when you
create it, contains about 20 lines.
The quickest and easiest way to create a new boot configuration file and
to designate it as the active file is with the BOOT CONFIG-FILE
command, located in the Global Configuration mode. Here is the format of
the command:
filename
boot config-file .cfg
The name of the new boot configuration file, which is specified with the
FILENAME parameter, can be from 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters, not
including the extension ".cfg." The filename cannot contain spaces and the
extension must be ".cfg."
Here is an example that creates a new boot configuration file called
"switch1.cfg:"
awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# boot config-file switch1.cfg
When you see the message "Operation successful," the switch has
created the file and marked it as the active boot configuration file. To
confirm the creation of the file, return to the Global Configuration mode
and enter the SHOW BOOT command:
awplus(config)# exit
awplus# show boot
Figure 27 on page 75 is an example of the display.
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