Quick Reference Guide

1458 Configuration and Image File Commands
boot system
Use the boot system command in Privileged EXEC mode to specify the
system image that the device loads at startup.
Syntax
boot system [unit-id][active|backup]
• unit-id —Unit to be used for this operation. If absent, command executes
on this node.
•
active —Boot from the currently active image.
•
backup —Boot from the backup image.
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC mode
User Guidelines
Use the show bootvar command to find out which image is the active image.
Example
console#boot system ?
<unit> Unit to be used for this operation. If absent,
command executes on this node.
active Marks the given image as active for subsequent
re-boots.
backup Marks the given image as active for subsequent
re-boots.
delete show backup-config
delete backup-config show bootvar
delete backup-image show running-config
delete startup-config show startup-config
dir write
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