System information

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Switch Management

1. From the Privileged Exec level global configuration mode prompt, type

“snmp-server host host-address community-string,” where “host-address” is the

IP address for the trap receiver and “community-string” is the string associated

with that host. Press <Enter>.

2. In order to configure the switch to send SNMP notifications, you must enter at

least one snmp-server enable traps command. Type “snmp-server enable traps

type,” where “type” is either authentication or link-up-down. Press <Enter>.

Saving Configuration Settings

Configuration commands only modify the running configuration file and are not

saved when the switch is rebooted. To save all your configuration changes in

nonvolatile storage, you must copy the running configuration file to the start-up

configuration file using the “copy” command.

To save the current configuration settings, enter the following command:

1. From the Privileged Exec mode prompt, type “copy running-config

startup-config” and press <Enter>.

2. Enter the name of the start-up file. Press <Enter>.

Managing System Files

The switch’s flash memory supports three types of system files that can be managed

by the CLI program, Web interface, or SNMP. The switch’s file system allows files to

be uploaded and downloaded, copied, deleted, and set as a start-up file.

The three types of files are:

• Configuration — These files store system configuration information and are

created when configuration settings are saved. Saved configuration files can be

selected as a system start-up file or can be uploaded via TFTP to a server for

backup. A file named “Factory_Default_Config.cfg” contains all the system default

settings and cannot be deleted from the system. See “Saving or Restoring

Configuration Settings” on page 2-16 for more information.

• Operation Code — System software that is executed after boot-up, also known as

Console(config)#snmp-server enable traps link-up-down

Console(config)#

Console#copy running-config startup-config

Startup configuration file name []: startup

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