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Chapter
3
Configuration management
In this chapter
•Configuration management tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
•Flash file management commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
•Debugging and logging commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuration management tasks
This chapter describes the typical configuration management tasks you may encounter.
The current configuration on the switch is referred to as the running configuration (running-config).
The running-config file can be written to non-volatile memory to save configuration changes.
Additionally, the running-config file can be saved as the startup configuration (startup-config) file.
When the switch is booted, the system reads the contents of the startup-config file and applies it to
the running-config.
Typical configuration management tasks are as follows:
• Saving the startup-config and running-config files to Flash.
• Uploading the startup-config and running-config files to a remote location.
• Uploading any configuration file saved and stored in Flash to a remote location.
• Downloading a configuration file from a remote location to the switch to serve as the
startup-config file or the running-config file.
• Downloading a configuration file from a remote location to the switch Flash.
CEE configuration guidelines and restrictions
Follow these guidelines and restrictions when performing any CEE configuration management
tasks.
• The CEE configuration database is maintained in a file separate from the Fabric OS
configuration database. Note that Fabric OS configuration management remains unchanged.
• The CEE configuration is not affected by configUpload and configDownload commands entered
in the Fabric OS shell.
• The configuration must be manually saved using the write or copy commands.