Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 163)

AT-S62 Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section II: Advanced Operations 163
Working with Boot Configuration Files
A boot configuration file contains the commands that configure the
switch’s parameter settings whenever you power cycle or reset the
device. The commands in the file recreate all the VLANs, port settings,
spanning tree settings, port trunks, port mirrors, and so on.
A switch can contain multiple boot configuration files, but only one can
be active on a switch at a time. The active boot file is the file that the
switch uses to configure itself the next time the unit is reset or power
cycled. The active boot file is also the file that is updated 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:
❑ Creating a Boot Configuration File on page 163
❑ Setting the Active Boot Configuration File on page 166
❑ Viewing a Boot Configuration File on page 167
❑ Editing a Boot Configuration File on page 168
❑ Troubleshooting a Boot Configuration File on page 169
To display a list of the configuration files that exist on the switch, see
Displaying System Files on page 172.
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:
❑ Phase 1: Creating a Configuration File
❑ Phase 2: Configuring the Switch’s Parameter Settings
❑ Phase 3: Selecting the Active Configuration File for the Switch