Why is file management needed – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Managing Images and Files

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Why Is File Management Needed?

This section provides some reasons why you might choose to manage various

files.

Image Files

The switch can store two firmware images, but only one is active. The other

image file is a backup image. By default, the switch has only one image. You

might copy an image or download an image to the switch for the following

reasons:

• To create a backup image
• To upgrade the firmware as new images become available

Configuration Files

Configuration files contain the CLI commands that change the switch from

its default configuration. The switch can maintain three separate

configuration files: startup-config, running-config, and backup-config. The

switch loads the startup-config file when the switch boots. Any configuration

SSL certificate files

Download

Contains information to encrypt,

authenticate, and validate HTTPS sessions.

The switch supports the following files for

SSL:

• SSL Trusted Root Certificate File (PEM

Encoded)

• SSL Server Certificate File (PEM

Encoded)

• SSL Diffie-Hellman Weak Encryption

Parameter File (PEM Encoded)

• SSL Diffie-Hellman Strong Encryption

Parameter File (PEM Encoded)

IAS Users

Download

List of Internal Authentication Server (IAS)

users for IEEE 802.1X authentication. For

more information, see What is the Internal

Authentication Server?

Table 13-1. Files to Manage

File

Action

Description

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