Allied Telesis AT-S97 - Manual (Page 143)

AT-S85 and AT-S97 Management Software Command Line Interface User’s Guide
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2. The media converter modules transmit a copy of their updated
auxiliary configuration files to the management module through the
backplane in the chassis.
3. When the management module stores an auxiliary configuration file in
its file system, it adds the chassis ID number and the slot number of
the source module to the filename in order to distinguish between the
various files. An example is “BM_0_1.CFG.” The first number is the
chassis ID and the second is the slot number. This file naming
convention cannot be changed.
4. After the management module has received updated auxiliary
configuration files from all the media converter modules, it
concatenates the files to form a new, updated master configuration file
for the entire chassis or stack.
The entire process is usually completed in a of couple seconds, but it can
vary depending on the number of media converter modules in the chassis
or stack and the number of parameter settings.
When a chassis is power cycled or reset, the modules receive their
configuration settings from the management module by a reversal of the
process used in creating the file. The management module creates
individual auxiliary configuration files for the modules from its master
configuration file and transmits the files through the backplane to the
modules, which process the commands to configure their parameter
settings.
Creating a New
Master
Configuration
File
There are several ways you can create a new master configuration file.
One method is with the CONFIG SAVE FILESYSTEM command. This
command creates a new master configuration file that contains the current
settings of the modules in the chassis or stack. In the following example,
the new master configuration file, “mcf_ai_traffic.cfg,” is created on a
management module in a chassis with an ID of 0:
config save filesystem=system://0/m/mcf_ai_traffic.cfg
Another way to create a new master configuration file is to edit an existing
file with a text editor by uploading it from the file system on the
management module to your management workstation, editing it with a
text editor, and downloading it again to the management module. The
instructions for uploading or downloading a file to a module’s file system
are found in Chapter 10, “File System Commands” on page 165. For
information about editing the file, refer to “Editing a Master Configuration
File” on page 146.
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.”