3Com 4500 PWR 26-Port Configuration Manual page 101

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 backu
When setting the configuration file for next star
configuration file.
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 sw
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, but the defa
config.def exists, the switch initializes with the default configuration file; if the default configuration
file does not exist, the switch starts up without loading the configuration file.
At present, only a PoE-supported switch is shipped with a default configuration file.
Con figuration 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
Savin g the Current Configuration
You can modify th
modified configuration for your subsequent startups, you m
configuration file.
Use the follo wing comm
To do...
Save current configuration
p attribute of the file.
Task
e configuration on your switch at the command line interface (CLI). To use the
and to save curre nt configuration:
Use the command...
save [ cfgfile | [ safely ]
[ backup | main ] ]
tup, you can specify to use the main or backup
itch initializes with this configuration.
Optional
Optional
Optional
ust save it (using the save command) as a
Required
Available in any view
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ult configuration file
Remarks
Remarks