Basic Operation Guide 2013/06

Using the menu and WebAgent to implement configuration changes
configuration file
The menu and WebAgent offer these advantages:
• Quick, easy menu or window access to a subset of switch configuration features
• Viewing several related configuration parameters in the same screen, with their default and
current settings
• Immediately changing both the running-config file and the startup-config file with a single
command
Menu: implementing configuration changes
You can use the menu interface to simultaneously save and implement a subset of switch
configuration changes without having to reboot the switch. That is, when you save a configuration
change in the menu interface, you simultaneously change both the running-config file and the
startup-config file.
NOTE: The only exception to this operation are two VLAN-related parameter changes that require
a reboot, described under “Rebooting from the menu interface” (page 61).
Using Save and Cancel in the menu interface
For any configuration screen in the menu interface, the save command:
1. Implements the changes in the running-config file
2. Saves your changes to the startup-config file
If you decide not to save and implement the changes in the screen, select Cancel to discard them
and continue switch operation with the current operation. For example, suppose you have made
the changes shown below in the System Information screen:
Figure 15 Example of pending configuration changes you can save or cancel
NOTE: If you reconfigure a parameter in the CLI and then go to the menu interface without
executing a write memory command, those changes are stored only in the running configuration
(even if you execute a Save operation in the menu interface). If you then execute a switch boot
command in the menu interface, the switch discards the configuration changes made while using
the CLI. To ensure that changes made while using the CLI are saved, execute write memory in the
CLI before rebooting the switch.
60 Switch memory and configuration