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Viewing a boot configuration file – Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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AT-S62 User’s Guide

Section II: Advanced Operations

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The following prompt is displayed:

Enter the file name:

5. Enter the file name of the configuration file you want the switch to

use the next time it is reset or power cycled.

The file name will now appear following selection 1 in the File
Operations menu. The file name should be followed by “Exist”,
which means that the file exists in the switch’s file system. In the
future, the switch will use the newly selected configuration file
whenever you reset the unit, unless you designate another boot
configuration file as the active boot file.

Note

If “Not Found” appears, the file does not exist. If you reboot the
switch using a nonexistent configuration file the switch is reset to its
factory default settings.

6. To activate the parameter settings in the newly selected boot

configuration file, reset or power cycle the switch.

Viewing a Boot

Configuration

File

Use the following procedure to view the contents of a configuration file.
(To display the names of the configuration files on the switch, see
Displaying System Files on page 158.)

This procedure starts from the File Operations menu. If you are unsure
how to display the menu, perform steps 1 to 3 in Setting the Active Boot
Configuration File on page 152.

To view the contents of a configuration file, perform the following
procedure:

1. From the File Operations menu, type 7 to select View File.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter file name:

2. Enter the name of the configuration file you want to view.