Introduction To Configuration File - Huawei Quidway S3900 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual – Configuration File Management
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
Chapter 1 Configuration File Management

1.1 Introduction to Configuration File

Configuration file records and stores user configurations performed to a switch. It also
enables users to check switch configurations easily.
Upon powered on, a switch loads the configuration file known as saved-configuration
file, which resides in the Flash, for initialization. If the Flash contains no configuration
file, the system initializes using the default settings. Comparing to saved-configuration
file, the configuration file which is currently adopted by a switch is known as the
current-configuration.
A configuration file conforms to the following conventions:
The content of a configuration files is a series of commands.
Only the non-default configuration parameters are saved.
The commands are grouped into sections by command view. The commands that
are of the same command view are grouped into one section. Sections are
separated by empty lines or comment lines. (A line is a comment line if it starts
with the character "#".)
The sections are listed in this order: system configuration section, physical port
configuration section, logical interface configuration section, routing protocol
configuration section, and so on.
A configuration file ends with a "return".
1.2 Configuration File-Related Operations
You can perform the following operations on an S3900 series switch:
Saving the current configuration to a configuration file
Removing a configuration file from the Flash
Checking/Setting the configuration file to be used when the switch starts the next
time
Setting a configuration file to be the primary configuration file
Perform the following configuration in user view.
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