AB291A Fabric Clustering System Support Guide (12-port Switch), April 2004

Table Of Contents
Chapter 5
Administration and Management
Switch Administration and Management
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You may abbreviate the command line by omitting system: and config: because these two are internally
aliased to system:running-config and config:startup-config, respectively.
HP-IB# copy running-config startup-config
Saving the Backup Configuration
CLI The file is stored in the config file-system and will not be used to boot the system.
In the CLI, to save the current configuration so it is stored in the file-system but not used to boot the system,
enter
HP-IB# copy running-config config:fname
where fname is any name except startup-config.
Specifying the Configuration to Use at System Reboot
Specify a New Boot Image Through the CLI After a system-image is installed on the system chassis,
specify the system-image to use the next time it reboots. Use the boot-config command with the name of the
system-image.
Step 1. Find the name of your new system image by listing all the image files on the chassis. Enter the dir
image command.
HP-IB# dir image
=========================================================================
Existing Boot-Images on System
=========================================================================
slot date-created size file-name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Tue Feb 25 16:14:15 2003 23198989 Release-1.1.3hp/build023
Step 2. Copy the displayed system-image (this will be pasted into the boot-config command).
Step 3. Specify the new boot image.
Enter boot-config primary-image-source, then paste the copied image file name.
Syntax:
boot-config primary-image-source image-directory-name
Example:
HP-IB# configure
HP-IB(config)# boot-config primary-image-source Release-1.1.3hp/build023
HP-IB(config)# exit
Step 4. Show the new system image.
HP-IB# show boot-config
=========================================================================
System Boot Configuration
=========================================================================
slot-id : 1
sw-version : Release-1.1.3hp/build023
last-image-source : Release-1.1.3hp/build023
primary-image-source : Release-1.1.3hp/build023