Filter
Top Products
Chapter 2: Starting a Management Session
42
What to Configure First
Here are a few suggestions on what to configure during your initial
management session of the switch. The initial management session must
be a local management session from the Console port on the switch. For
instructions on how to start a local management session, refer to “Starting
a Local Management Session” on page 38.
Creating a Boot
Configuration
File
The first thing you should do is create a boot configuration file in the
switch’s file system and mark it as the active boot configuration file. This
file is used by the switch to store your configuration changes. It should be
noted that a boot configuration file contains only those parameter settings
that have been changed from their default values on the unit. So,
assuming the switch is just out of its shipping container, the file, when you
create it, contains about 20 lines.
The quickest and easiest way to create a new boot configuration file and
to designate it as the active file is with the BOOT CONFIG-FILE
command, located in the Global Configuration mode. Here is the format of
the command:
boot config-file
filename
.cfg
The name of the new boot configuration file, which is specified with the
FILENAME parameter, can be from 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters, not
including the extension “.cfg.” The filename cannot contain spaces and the
extension must be “.cfg.”
Here is an example that creates a new boot configuration file called
“switch1.cfg:”
awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# boot config-file switch1.cfg
When you see the message “Operation successful,” the switch has
created the file and marked it as the active boot configuration file. To
confirm the creation of the file, return to the Global Configuration mode
and enter the SHOW BOOT command:
awplus(config)# exit
awplus# show boot
Figure 24 on page 43 is an example of the display.