Basic Operation Guide 2013/06
Table Of Contents
- Switch Software
- Contents
- 1 Commands found in the Basic Operation Guide
- 2 Getting started
- 3 Using the Menu Interface
- 4 Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Overview
- Accessing the CLI
- Using the CLI
- Return message types with CLI commands
- CLI interactive commands
- CLI control and editing
- 5 Using the HP WebAgent
- 6 Switch memory and configuration
- Overview
- Configuration file management
- Using the CLI to implement configuration changes
- Creating a custom default configuration
- Using the menu and WebAgent to implement configuration changes configuration file
- Zeroization
- Using Primary and Secondary flash image options
- Multiple configuration files
- Display configuration of selected interface
- Automatic configuration update with DHCP Option 66
- 7 Interface access and system information
- 8 Configuring IP addressing
- Overview
- IP configuration
- Loopback interfaces
- IP Preserve: retaining VLAN-1 IP addressing across configuration file downloads
- Configuring a single source IP address
- 9 Software management
- Downloading switch documentation and software from the web
- Viewing or downloading the software manual set
- Downloading software updates for your switch
- Software signing and verification
- Saving configurations while using the CLI
- Important: Best Practices for software updates
- Updating the switch: overview
- Updating the switch: detailed steps
- Rolling back switch software
- Viewing or transferring alternate configuration files
- Downloading switch documentation and software from the web
- Index
Example 60 Switch memory assignments after the first reboot from software supporting multiple
configuration
HP Switch(config)# show config files
Configuration files:
id | act pri sec | name
---+-------------+-----------------------------------------------
1 | | oldConfig
2 | * * * | workingConfig
3 | |
In the above state, the switch always:
• Uses the workingConfig file to reboot
The commands described later in this section enable you to view the current multiple configuration
status, manage multiple startup-config files, configure reboot policies, and override reboot policies
on a per-instance basis.
Listing and displaying startup-config files
PageCommand
Belowshow config files
78show config <filename>
Viewing the startup-config file status with multiple configuration enabled
Rebooting the switch automatically enables the multiple configuration feature.
Syntax:
show config files
This command displays the available startup-config files on the switch and the current
use of each file.
id: Identifies the memory slot for each startup-config file available on the switch.
act: An asterisk ( * ) in this column indicates that the corresponding startup-config
file is currently in use.
pri: An asterisk ( * ) in this column indicates that the corresponding startup-config
file is currently assigned to the primary boot path.
sec: An asterisk ( * ) in this column indicates that the corresponding startup-config
file is currently assigned to the secondary boot path.
name: Shows the filename for each listed startup-config file in the switch. Refer to
“Renaming an existing startup-config file” (page 79) for the command you can use
to change existing startup-config filenames.
In the default configuration, if the switch was shipped from the factory with software
installed in both the primary and secondary boot paths, then one startup-config file
named config1 is used for both paths and is stored in memory slot 1. Memory slots
2 and 3 are empty in this default configuration.
Displaying the content of a specific startup-config file
With Multiple Configuration enabled, the switch can have up to three startupconfig files. Because
the show config command always displays the content of the currently active startup-config file,
the command extension shown below is needed to allow viewing the contents of any other
startup-config files stored in the switch.
Multiple configuration files 77