Westermo RedFox Series - Manual (Page 99)

Westermo OS Management Guide
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This initiates the factory reset process, and the unit will restart with
factory default settings.
❼ Skip the factory reset: To skip the factory reset process, just wait for
approximately 30 seconds after the ON LED starts flashing RED without
unplugging (any of) the Ethernet cable(s). The switch will conduct a
normal boot with the existing settings.
7.1.4 Configuration Files and Reboot
The system keeps three special configuration files:
❼ Startup Configuration: The configuration file used by the switch after system
boot or reboot. The startup configuration is stored in non-volatile memory
(flash)
9 .
Note
From WeOS 4.15.0 and onwards, the startup configuration is verified to
be in-line with the syntax of the current firmware version upon system
boot. If there are deviations (which may be the case after a firmware
upgrade), the startup configuration is automatically updated.
❼ Running Configuration: The configuration currently used by the switch. The
running configuration is kept in volatile memory (RAM).
The running configuration is identical to the startup configuration when con-
figuration changes are made via the Web interface, the WeConfig tool or
SNMP. That is, when using these methods to manage the switch, a change
in the running configuration is immediately copied to the startup configura-
tion.
In contrast, when managing the switch via the CLI, configuration changes
only affect the running configuration. Thus, to make CLI changes survive
a reboot, you must explicitly copy the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
❼ Factory Default Configuration: The system keeps a factory default configu-
ration file. The factory default file is kept in non-volatile memory (flash) and
cannot be overwritten. When the switch is shipped, and after factory reset,
9 As described in section 7.1.5 , it is possible to keep several configuration files on flash. The
startup configuration file is actually a symbolic name for one of the stored configuration files.
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