Specifications

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■ The command line help file for the command line interface (CLI). The
command help is stored in a separate text file, with extension
.hlp. The
command help file is loaded with a software version.
■ The boot configuration script boot.cfg. The boot script contains standard
commands executed on startup to configure the switch.
■ Additional user-defined configuration scripts containing commands to
configure the switch for different functions. These scripts are created using
the built-in editor, the add script command in the Scripting chapter, or the
create config command in the Managing Configuration Files and Software
Versions chapter of the Rapier Series Switch AlliedWare
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Operating System
Software Reference.
■ Other files required by the system.
Configuration information is stored in flash memory as configuration scripts.
These scripts contain standard switch commands. When a configuration
command is entered at the command prompt from a terminal, terminal
emulation program, or Telnet session, the command alters the dynamic
configuration only; this is not saved over a power cycle. To ensure that
configuration changes resulting from such commands are retained across a
power cycle, the dynamic configuration must be saved as a configuration
script, using the create config command.
Startup sequence When the switch starts up, it performs the following sequence of operations:
1. Perform startup self tests.
2. Load the EPROM version as the install boot into RAM.
3. Prompt for changes to the default startup procedure:
Force EPROM download (Y)?
You can override the default startup procedure. See “Overrides” on
page 44.
4. Check the install information to determine which version to load and run.
If you do not override the default startup procedure, the install parameters
determine which version and patch are loaded and run.
5. Load the required version specified by the install parameters from the flash
file system as the main boot.
6. Start the switch.
7. Execute the boot configuration script, if one has been configured. The boot
configuration script is either a configuration file set using the set config
command, or the file boot.cfg file, if there is one. For more information
about the set config command, see the Managing Configuration Files and
Software Versions chapter of the Rapier Series Switch AlliedWare
®
Operating
System Software Reference.
Overrides The switch pauses briefly during routine startup messages to display the
following prompt:
Force EPROM download (Y)?
If you do nothing, the normal startup process continues, and switch software is
loaded along with a pre-configured startup script. For troubleshooting, you can
change the startup process by pressing selected keys (Table 21 on page 45).