User guide

Operating the Router 29
Software Release 2.4.1
C613-02021-00 REV B
For more information about how to create and run scripts, see the Scripting
chapter in the AR400 Series Router Software Reference.
For information about creating triggers, see the Trigger Facility chapter in the
AR400 Series Router Software Reference.
Saving the Router’s Configuration
To view the router’s current dynamic configuration, enter the command:
SHOW CONFIGURATION DYNAMIC
To save any changes made to the dynamic configuration after the router last
restarted (booted) across a restart or power cycle, and save the modified
configuration as a script file, enter the command:
CREATE CONFIG=filename.scp
To set the router to execute this script file when it restarts, enter the command:
SET CONFIG=filename.scp
The configuration file created by CREATE CONFIG command records passwords in
encrypted form, not in cleartext.
You can create a script file from any of the router software commands. These
are the same commands that are used to change the router’s configuration
dynamically. Manually edit a configuration file using the router’s built in
editor (see “Using the Built-in Editor” on page 38), or upload it to a PC using the
UPLOAD command (see the Operation chapter, AR400 Series Router Software
Reference), edit it using any text editor, and download it again. Give
configuration script files an extension of
.scp
or
.cfg
.
To display the name of the configuration file that is set to execute when the
router restarts, enter the command:
SHOW CONFIG=filename
Storing Multiple Scripts
You can store multiple configuration scripts on the router. This allows you to
test new configuration scripts once, before setting them as the default
configuration. For example, to test the new configuration script
test.cfg
,
enter the command:
RESTART ROUTER CONFIG=test.cfg
Storing multiple scripts also allows you to keep a backup router with
configuration scripts stored on it for every router in the network to speed up
network recovery time.