Allied Telesis AT-S97 - Manual (Page 149)

AT-S85 and AT-S97 Management Software User’s Guide
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You can also create a new master configuration file by copying an existing
file in the management module’s file system with the FILE COPY
command. This example creates a copy of the source file
“mcf_ai_traffic.cfg.” The new file is “mcf_24a_traffic.cfg.”
file copy srcfile=system://0/m/mcf_ai_traffic.cfg
dstfile=system://0/m/mcf_24a_traffic.cfg
This command is described in Chapter 9, “File System Commands” on
page 169.
Specifying the
Active Master
Configuration
File
A management module can have more that one master configuration file in
its file system, but only one of the files can be active at a time. This file is
referred to as the active master configuration file. It is this file that the
management software updates in response to the CONFIG SAVE
command and refers to when configuring the parameter settings of the
modules.
The command for specifying the active master configuration file on the
management module is the CONFIG SET command. After you have
designated a new active master configuration file on a management
module, you should do one of the following:
ˆ If you want the management module to configure the modules in the
chassis with the settings in the new active file, issue the CONFIG RUN
command.
Note
Issuing the CONFIG RUN command may momentarily disrupt the
flow of traffic through the media converter channels as the modules
reconfigure their settings.
ˆ If you want to overwrite the settings in the file with the current settings
of the modules, issue the CONFIG SAVE command, instead. This
might be appropriate in situations where you did not want to use the
settings in the new active master configuration file, and instead want to
overwrite the settings in the file with the current configuration.
Naturally, this does not result in a disruption of network traffic through
the media converter channels.
To view the name of the active master configuration file, use the CONFIG
SHOW command.