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Chapter
8
Maintaining the Switch Configuration File
In this chapter
• Configuration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
• Configuration file backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
• Configuration file restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
• Configurations across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
• Configuration management for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
• Brocade configuration form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Configuration settings
It is important to maintain consistent configuration settings on all switches in the same fabric
because inconsistent parameters, such as inconsistent PID formats, can cause fabric
segmentation. As part of standard configuration maintenance procedures, Brocade recommends
that you back up all important configuration data for every switch on a host computer server as a
safety measure.
NOTE
For information about AD-enabled switches, refer to Chapter 17, “Managing Administrative
Domains” .
For more information about troubleshooting configuration file uploads and downloads, refer to the
Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide.
There are two ways to view configuration settings for a switch in a Brocade fabric:
• Issue the configShow -all command.
To display configuration settings, connect to the switch, log in as admin, and enter the
configShow -all command. The configuration settings vary depending on switch model and
configuration. This command does not show as much configuration information as the text file
created from the configUpload command.
• Issue the configUpload -all command to upload an ASCII text file from the switch or switch
module.
You can open the text file with any text editor to view the configuration information of the
switch.
CAUTION
Editing of the uploaded file is unsupported and can result in system errors if an edited file is
subsequently downloaded.