Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 101)

AT-S63 Management Software Features Guide
Section II: Advanced Operations 101
Boot Configuration Files
A boot configuration file contains the series of commands that recreate the
current or a specific configuration of the switch when the unit is power
cycled or reset. The commands in the file recreate all the VLANs, port
settings, spanning tree settings, port trunks, port mirrors, and so forth.
A switch can contain multiple boot configuration files, but only one can be
active on a switch at a time. The active boot file is the file that is updated
whenever you select the Save Configuration Changes option from the
Main Menu.
You can create different boot configuration files and store them in the
switch’s file system. For example, you might create a backup of a boot
configuration file to protect against the loss of the file, or you might create
different boot configuration files to see which works best on the switch and
for your network. You can also copy boot configuration files onto different
switches to save yourself the trouble of having to manually configure
AT-9400 Series switches that are to have similar configurations. One way
to do this with switches that support compact flash cards is to copy the
configuration file from flash memory on the master switch onto the
compact flash card. Then take the compact flash card to other switches
and copy the configuration file from the compact flash card into the
switch’s flash memory.