System information

6-1

Switch Memory and Configuration

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Overview of Configuration File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement

Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Configuration Changes Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Using Save and Cancel in the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Rebooting from the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11

Configuration Changes Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . 6-12

Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Displaying the Current Flash Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Switch Software Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

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