Chapter 1 Configuration File Management; Introduction To Configuration File - H3C S7500 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual – Configuration File Management
H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches

Chapter 1 Configuration File Management

When configuring configuration file management, go to these sections for information
you are interested in:

Introduction to Configuration File

Configuration File-Related Operations
1.1 Introduction to Configuration File
Configuration files record and store configurations performed to an Ethernet switch. It
also enables users to view these configurations easily.
Upon being powered on, an Ethernet 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 the 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 of
the same command view are grouped into one section. Sections are separated by
empty lines or comment lines. (A line starting with the character # is a comment
line.)
The sections are listed in this order: system configuration section, logical interface
configuration section, physical port 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 S7500 switch:
Saving the current configuration to a configuration file
Removing a configuration file from the Flash
Viewing/Setting the configuration file to be used in the next startup
Perform the following configuration to configure a configuration file:
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