Allied Telesis Rapier Switch - Manual (Page 20)

20 Rapier Switch Software Reference
Software Release 2.5.1
C613-02025-00 REV B
Saving Configuration Entered with the GUI
Configuration changes applied using the GUI can be saved to a configuration
script by clicking the Save button on any GUI page that has one. A pop-up Save
window gives the option of saving to the boot configuration file, the current
configuration file, another existing file or a new file.
Saving Configuration Entered with the CLI
Subsequent commands entered from the command line or executed from a
script affect only the dynamic configuration in memory, which is not retained
over a power cycle. Changes are not automatically stored in nonvolatile
memory. When the switch is restarted the configuration will be restored to that
defined by the boot script, or if the switch was restarted using the RESTART
command, any script specified in the RESTART command.
To retain any configuration changes made after boot across a restart or power
cycle, save the modified configuration as a script file, using the command:
CREATE CONFIG=filename
The configuration file created by the GUI or the CREATE CONFIG command records
passwords in encrypted form, not in cleartext.
Editor
The switch has a built-in full-screen text editor for editing script files stored on
the switch file subsystem. Scripts can be run manually, or run when a trigger
automatically activates on some specified events in the switch. See “Triggers”
on page 67, and the Trigger Facility chapter in the Rapier Switch Software
Reference. To access the editor, use the command:
EDIT [filename]
The file name is optional as a file can be loaded, or a new file can be created
from within the editor itself (Figure 1 on page 21).