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5
Configuration File Management
Wh n configuring configuration file e
interested in:
Introduction to Configuration File
Configuration Task List
Intro duction to Configuration File
A configuration file record
to check switch configurat
Ty pes of configuration
The configuration of a switch falls into two types:
Saved configuration, a configuration file used for initialization. If this file does not exist, the switch
starts up without loading any configuration file.
Current con figuration, which refers to the user's configuration during the operation of a switch. This
configuration is stored i
rebooting.
Format of configuration file
Configuration files are saved as text files for ease o
Save configuration in the form of commands.
Save only non-default configuration settings.
The commands are grouped into sections by c
command view are grouped into one section. Sections are separated by comment lines. (A line is a
comment line if it starts with the character #.)
The sections are listed in
section, physical po
configuration, and so on.
End with a return.
The operating interface provided by the configuratio
you can easily manage your configuration files.
Main/backup attribute of the configuration file
Main and backup indicate the main and backup attribute of the configuration file respectively. A main
configuration file and a backup configuration file can coexist on the switch. As such, when the main
configuration file is missing or damaged, the backup file can be used instead. This increases the safety
and reliability of the file system com
can configure a file to have both main and backup attribute, but only one file o
attribute is all owed on a switch.
The following three situ
management, go to these sections for information you are
s and stores user configurations performed to a switch. It also enables users
ions easily.
n Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM). It is removed when
this order: system configuration section, logical interface configuration
rt configuration section, routing protocol configuration section, user interface
pared with the switch that only support one configuration file. You
ations are concerned with the main/backup attributes:
5-1
f reading. They:
ommand view. The commands that are of the same
n file management function is user-friendly. With it,
f either main or backup