F3726, F3211, F3174, R5135, R3816-HP Firewalls and UTM Devices System Management and Maintenance Configuration Guide-6PW100

6BManaging configuration files

You can use the CLI, Boot menu, or Web interface to manage configuration files. This chapter describes

the CLI and Web interface approaches to configuration file management.

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Feature and hardware compatibility

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Overview

You can save the running configuration to a configuration file so the configuration takes effect after you

reboot the device. You can also back up the configuration file on to a host and download the file to the

device as needed.

185BConfiguration types

The device has the following types of configurations: factory defaults, startup configuration, and running

configuration.

378BFactory defaults

The device is shipped with some basic settings called "factory defaults." These default settings make sure

the device can start up and run normally when it has no configuration file or the configuration file is

corrupted.

Factory defaults vary with device models and might differ from the default settings of commands.

To view the factory defaults of the device, use the display default-configuration command.

379BStartup configuration

The device uses startup configuration to configure software features during startup. After the device starts

up, you can specify a different configuration file to be loaded at the next startup. This configuration file

is called the "next-startup configuration file." The configuration file that has been loaded is called the

"current startup configuration file."

You can specify only one next-startup configuration file on the device.

You can view the current startup configuration in either of the following ways:

• Execute the display startup command. To view detailed file contents, use the more command.