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You can add comments to a configuration file describing the commands you have entered. Precede a comment with
an exclamation point (!).
Use the following commands to configure the software from the terminal.
Command Purpose
configure terminal Enters global configuration mode and select the terminal
option.
Router(config)# The global configuration prompt. Enter the necessary
configuration commands.
copy running-config startup-config Saves the configuration file to your startup configuration. On
most platforms, this step saves the configuration to NVRAM.
end or press Ctrl-Z (^Z) Exits global configuration mode.
In the following example, the hostname command is used to change the hostname from "Router" to "new_name". By
pressing Ctrl-Z (^Z) or entering the end command, you quit
1 the global configuration mode. Finally, the copy
running-config startup-config command saves the current configuration to the startup configuration.
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# hostname new_name
new_name(config)# end
new_name# copy running-config startup-config
When the startup configuration is in NVRAM, it stores the current configuration information in text format as
configuration commands, recording only non-default settings. The memory is checksummed to guard against
corrupted data.
4.2.2 Copying Configuration Files to a Network Server
You can copy configuration files from the router to a file server using TFTP. You might wish to back up a current
configuration file to a server before changing its contents, thereby allowing you to later restore the original
configuration file from the server.
Important! TFTP is not a secure protocol. Your server IP address and configuration file name will not be protected
over the public Internet. Use TFTP only on a trusted LAN connection.
To specify that the running or startup configuration file be stored on a TFTP network server, use the following
commands in the EXEC mode. (Note: Copying the startup configuration file to the current running configuration
merges the two files. It is recommended that you keep a copy of the start-up configuration file before merging the two
in case you want to revert back to the original startup configuration).
Router# copy startup-config ?
running-config Update (merge with) current system configuration
tftp:[//A.B.C.D/filename] Copy to tftp: file system