Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 176)

Chapter 10: File System
176 Section II: Advanced Operations
Working with Boot Configuration Files
A boot configuration file contains the commands for configuring the
switch’s parameter settings whenever you power cycle or reset the device.
The commands in the file recreate the VLANs, port settings, spanning tree
settings, port trunks, port mirrors, and so on.
You can store multiple boot configuration files on a switch, but only one
can be active at a time. The switch uses the active boot file to configure
itself whenever reset or power cycled. It also updates the active boot file
with the latest parameter settings whenever you select the Save
Configuration Changes option from the Main Menu or use the Save
Configuration command from the command line interface.
You can create different configuration files and store them in the switch’s
file system. For instance, you might create a backup of a configuration file
to protect against the loss of the file, or you might create different
configuration files to see which works best on the switch and for your
network. You can also copy configuration files onto different switches to
save yourself the trouble of manually configuring AT-8500 Series switches
that are to have similar configurations.
The procedures in this section explain how to create a boot configuration
file, set the active boot configuration file, view the contents of a
configuration file, and edit a file. The procedures are:
ˆ “Creating a Boot Configuration File” on page 176
ˆ “Setting the Active Boot Configuration File” on page 179
ˆ “Viewing a Boot Configuration File” on page 180
ˆ “Editing a Boot Configuration File” on page 182
ˆ “Troubleshooting a Boot Configuration File” on page 182
To display a list of the configuration files that exist on the switch, see
“Displaying System Files” on page 185.
Creating a Boot
Configuration
File
This procedure explains how to create a new boot configuration file on the
switch. You might want to create a boot configuration file to download it
onto another switch. Or, you might want to create a backup of your current
configuration. This procedure consists of three phases:
ˆ Phase 1: Creating a Configuration File
ˆ Phase 2: Configuring the Switch’s Parameter Settings
ˆ Phase 3: Selecting the Active Configuration File for the Switch