Display the running configuration file, Saving the running configuration file, Loading the startup configuration file – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Dell Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide

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CEE configuration management tasks

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Display the running configuration file

To display the running configuration, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode.

1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.

2. Enter the show command to display the configuration.

switch#show running-config

Saving the running configuration file

This tasks causes the running configuration to become the default configuration.

To save the running configuration, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode.

1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.

2. Enter the copy command to copy the currently running configuration to the startup

configuration.

switch#copy running-config startup-config

Overwrite the startup config file (y/n): y

Loading the startup configuration file

If you wish to reverse the changes to the running configuration, this task reloads the default startup
configuration, overwriting the running configuration.

To load the default configuration, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode.

1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.

2. Enter the copy command to load the startup configuration.

switch#copy startup-config running-config

Erasing the startup configuration file.

NOTE

This task does not affect the running configuration file.

To erase the startup configuration, perform the following steps from Privileged EXEC mode.

1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.

2. Enter the write command to erase the startup configuration file.

switch#write erase

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