User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- The Command Line Interface
- First-Time Configuration
- Using the Setup Utility
- Setting Passwords
- Menu Basics
- The Information Menu
- Information Menu
- System Information
- Layer 2 Information
- Layer 3 Information
- IP Routing Information
- ARP Information
- BGP Information
- BGP Peer information
- BGP Summary information
- OSPF Information
- Routing Information Protocol Information
- IP Information
- IGMP Multicast Group Information
- IGMP Group Information
- IGMP Multicast Router Port Information
- IGMP Mrouter Information
- VRRP Information
- Quality of Service Information
- 802.1p Information
- Access Control List Information
- Link Status Information
- Port Information
- Logical Port to GEA Port Mapping
- Fiber Port SFP Status
- Information Dump
- The Statistics Menu
- The Configuration Menu
- Configuration Menu
- Viewing, Applying, and Saving Changes
- System Configuration
- Port Configuration
- Layer 2 Configuration
- 802.1x Configuration
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol/ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
- Common Internal Spanning Tree Configuration
- Spanning Tree Configuration
- GVRP Configuration
- GVRP Port Configuration
- Trunk Configuration
- IP Trunk Hash Configuration
- LACP Configuration
- Layer 2 Failover Configuration
- VLAN Configuration
- Protocol-based VLAN Configuration
- Private VLAN Configuration
- Layer 3 Configuration
- IP Interface Configuration
- Default Gateway Configuration
- IP Static Route Configuration
- IP Multicast Route Configuration
- ARP Configuration
- IP Forwarding Configuration
- Network Filter Configuration
- Routing Map Configuration
- Routing Information Protocol Configuration
- Open Shortest Path First Configuration
- Border Gateway Protocol Configuration
- IGMP Configuration
- Domain Name System Configuration
- Bootstrap Protocol Relay Configuration
- VRRP Configuration
- Quality of Service Configuration
- Access Control List Configuration
- Port Mirroring Configuration
- Setup
- Dump
- Saving the Active Switch Configuration
- Restoring the Active Switch Configuration
- The Operations Menu
- The Boot Options Menu
- The Maintenance Menu
- Alteon OS Syslog Messages
- Alteon OS SNMP Agent
- Glossary
- Index
Alteon OS Command Reference
The Configuration Menu
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Viewing, Applying, and Saving Changes
As you use the configuration menus to set switch parameters, the changes you make do not
take effect immediately. All changes are considered “pending” until you explicitly apply them.
Also, any changes are lost the next time the switch boots unless the changes are explicitly
saved.
NOTE – Some operations can override the settings in the Configuration menu. Therefore, set-
tings you view in the Configuration menu (for example, port status) might differ from run-time
information that you view in the Information menu or on the management module. The Infor-
mation menu displays current run-time information of switch parameters.
While configuration changes are in the pending state, you can do the following:
View the pending changes
Apply the pending changes
Save the changes to flash memory
Viewing Pending Changes
You can view all pending configuration changes by entering diff at the menu prompt.
NOTE – The diff command is a global command. Therefore, you can enter diff at any
prompt in the CLI.
dump
Dumps current configuration to a script file. For details, see page 321.
ptcfg <host name or IP address of TFTP server> <filename on host>
Backs up current configuration to TFTP server. For details, see page 322.
gtcfg <host name or IP address of TFTP server> <filename on host>
Restores current configuration from TFTP server. For details, see page 322.
cur
Displays current configuration parameters.
Table 6-1 Configuration Menu Options (/cfg)
Command Syntax and Usage