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Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0 2-5
Maintaining Configuration Files Configuration Files
- If a particular command has been applied such that it can be expanded on additional
interfaces/modules, it is annotated with a “P”. For example, if you enable STP on all ports in the
current system, but the RS contains only one module, then the command to enable STP will be
applied at a later date when more modules have been added.
A command like
stp enable et.*.*
would be displayed as follows:
This indicates that it is only partially applied. If you add more modules to the RS at a later date and then update
the configuration file to encompass all of the available modules in the RS, then the
P:
portion of the above
command line would disappear when this configuration file is displayed.
If a command that was originally configured to encompass all of the available modules on the RS becomes
only partially active (after a hotswap or some such chassis reconfiguration), then the status of that command
line automatically changes to indicate a partial completion status, complete with
P:
.
Note Commands with no annotation or annotated with
P:
are not in error.
2.1.6 Backing Up and Restoring Configuration Files
When you save the startup configuration file, the RS stores it in three places: in the bootflash and the PC card of the
primary control module, and if there is a redundant control module, in its PC flash card as well. It is recommended
that you store a backup of the startup configuration file in the boot flash of the control module and on a central server.
Use the
copy
command in Enable mode to store a backup copy of the startup configuration file in the control module,
backup control module (if applicable), and on a server:
For example, to make a backup in the control module, specify the following command in Enable mode:
If the startup file becomes corrupted, the RS uses its default configuration. You can then use the copy command to
copy the backup file to the startup, as shown in the following example:
Use the
file
commands in Enable mode to display, rename, and delete the configuration files stored on the primary
control module:
P: stp enable et.*.*
copy startup to backup-CM|tftp-server|rcpserver|
<filename>|<url>
copy startup to startup.bak
copy startup.bak to startup