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Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple
Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-27
Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset
the Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-35
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-35
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-36
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a
Serially Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially
Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
7 Interface Access and System Information
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Menu: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
CLI: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Denying Interface Access by Terminating Remote
Management Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
8 Configuring IP Addressing
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1