Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 208)

Chapter 11: File System
208 Section II: Advanced Operations
Note
Only the active boot configuration file is changed when you select
the Save Configuration Changes option in the Main Menu. No other
boot configuration files that are stored on the switch are altered.
Selecting the Active Boot Configuration File for the Switch
You have now created the boot configuration file, made the necessary
changes to the switch’s parameter settings, and saved the changes. If you
want the switch to use this new boot configuration file the next time you
reset or power cycle the switch, no further steps are necessary. The new
boot configuration file is already the active boot file on the device.
But if you want the switch to use a different file as the active boot
configuration file, then perform the procedure in “Setting the Active Boot
Configuration File” on page 208.
Setting the Active
Boot
Configuration
File
This procedure selects the active boot configuration file for the switch. The
switch uses the active boot configuration file to set its parameter settings
when you reset or power cycle the unit. It also updates the active
configuration boot file whenever you select Save Configuration Changes
from the Main Menu.
Note the following before performing this procedure:
ˆ To view the name of the currently active configuration file, display the
File Operations menu. The name of the file is displayed in option 1
Boot Configuration File in the menu.
ˆ The file that you want to select as the new active configuration file
must already exist in the switch’s file system or on a flash memory
card, for those switches that support a flash card. To view the switch’s
configuration files, see “Displaying System Files” on page 218.
Configuration files have a “.cfg” extension.
ˆ To create an entirely new configuration file, refer to “Creating a Boot
Configuration File” on page 205.
ˆ Specifying a new active boot configuration file does not change the
current operating configuration of the switch. If you want the switch to
reconfigure itself according to the configuration in the newly assigned
active boot configuration file, reset or power cycle the switch at the end
of the procedure.
ˆ Selecting Save Configuration Changes from the Main Menu after
changing the active configuration file overwrites the settings in the file
with the current operating settings of the switch.
ˆ You can specify a configuration file on a flash memory card for those
systems that support a flash card. However, the switch does not copy
the configuration file to its file system. Instead, it uses and updates the
file directly on the card. If at some point you remove the card, the