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Creating a new master configuration file – Allied Telesis AT-S97 User Manual

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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 also 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 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

You can create a new master configuration file several ways. 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 of the
command, the new master configuration file “mcf_ai_traffic.cfg” is created
on a management module in a chassis with the ID 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 back again to the management module.
The instructions for uploading or downloading a file to a module’s file
system are found in Chapter 9, “File System Commands” on page 149.
For information about editing the file, refer to “Editing a Master
Configuration File” on page 133.

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.”

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