Configuration save options, Using file system commands, Bulk configuration management – Enterasys Networks Security Router X-PeditionTM User Manual

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Utilizing the Command Line Interface

XSR User’s Guide 2-27

Configuration Save Options

There are several options available regarding configuration:

If you want to make your running configuration the new startup configuration, you can save
it to Flash memory with the

copy running-config startup-config

command.

If you want to convert your startup configuration into the running configuration, you can
issue the

reload

command which reboots the XSR and reloads the startup configuration.

If you want to save the startup configuration to a remote site using a TFTP server, issue the

copy startup-config tftp:

command. See the associated command below.

If you want to load the configuration manually from a remote site using a TFTP server, issue
the

copy tftp: startup-config

command. Refer to

“Bulk Configuration Management”

on

page 2-27 for more information about this and the previous command.

If you want to copy your entire startup configuration including encoded files to a remote site,
issue the

copy flash: full-config tftp:<any_name>

command when backing up the XSR,

and the

copy tftp:<any_name> flash:full-config

command when restoring the XSR.

Refer to

“Full-config Backup”

on page 2-28 for more details about the command.

To view the running-config, use the

show

running-config

command. To view the

startup-

config

, issue the

more startup-config

command.

For more command details, refer to the XSR CLI Reference Guide.

Using File System Commands

A set of MS-DOS compatible commands are available for use in conjunction with configuration
files. The XSR has a file system residing in the XSR’s non-volatile memory.

You can copy files with the

copy

command, remove files with the

delete

command, display files

with the

more

command, verify a packed software image file with the

verify

command, and

change and list directory contents with the

cd

and

dir

commands, respectively. For more

command details, refer to the XSR CLI Reference Guide.

Bulk Configuration Management

The XSR can be configured in one action by storing CLI commands as a script in an ASCII file then
transferring the file to the router remotely using TFTP or locally from

cflash:

. There is a

limitation in the size of the stored file, though. If the file is larger than the limit, then the download
operation will abort producing an error message.

Downloading the Configuration

Downloading transfers a script file remotely from a server to the XSR’s startup configuration
using TFTP or locally from

cflash:

. The ASCII-format script can include comments delineated by

an exclamation mark.

To perform the task correctly, the TFTP server must be running on a remote device with the
configuration file residing in the TFTP root directory of the server. You can then enter the

copy

startup-config tftp:

command in EXEC mode to copy the configuration file from the server to

the XSR. Alternately, the file must first be loaded in

cflash:

then copied to

flash:

with the

copy

cflash:startup-config flash:startup-config

command.

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