Administrator's Guide v4.1.1 Manual

Configuration Management
● Configuration management overview............................................................................101
● Displaying configurations.............................................................................................. 103
● Saving configuration changes....................................................................................... 103
● Backing up configurations............................................................................................. 104
● Configuration restoration...............................................................................................105
● Managing configurations on a modular chassis............................................................ 107
● Managing configurations in Brocade VCS Fabric mode............................................... 108
● Managing flash files...................................................................................................... 109
Configuration management overview
Maintaining consistent configuration settings among switches in the same fabric is an important part of
switch management and minimizes fabric disruptions. As part of standard maintenance procedures, it is
recommended that you back up all important configuration data for every switch on an external host for
emergency reference.
Typical configuration management tasks include the following actions:
• Saving the running configuration to the startup configuration file (Saving configuration changes on
page 103).
• Uploading the configuration files to a remote location (Backing up configurations on page 104).
• Restoring a configuration file from a remote archive (Configuration restoration on page 105).
• Archiving configuration files for all your switches to a remote location (Managing configurations in
Brocade VCS Fabric mode on page 108).
• Downloading a configuration file from a remote location to multiple switches (Managing
configurations in Brocade VCS Fabric mode on page 108).
Configuration file types
Brocade Network OS supports three types of configuration files. The table below lists the standard
configuration files and their functions.
Standard switch configuration files TABLE 11
Configuration file Description
Default configuration
• defaultconfig.novcs
• defaultconfig.vcs
Part of the Network OS firmware package. The default configuration
is applied, if no customized configuration is available. There are
different default configuration files for standalone and Brocade VCS
Fabric mode.
Startup configuration
• startup-config
Configuration effective on startup and after reboot.
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