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Selecting a configuration block
When you make configuration changes to the GbE2 Interconnect Switch, you must save the changes so that they are
retained beyond the next time the switch is reset. When you execute the save command, your new configuration
changes are placed in the active configuration block. The previous configuration is copied into the backup
configuration block.
There is also a factory configuration block. This holds the default configuration set by the factory when your GbE2
Interconnect Switch was manufactured. Under certain circumstances, it may be desirable to reset the GbE2
Interconnect Switch configuration to the default. This can be useful when a custom-configured GbE2 Interconnect
Switch is moved to a network environment where it will be re-configured for a different purpose.
Use the following procedure to set which configuration block you want the GbE2 Interconnect Switch to load the next
time it is reset:
1. At the Boot Options# prompt, enter:
Boot Options# conf
2. Enter the name of the configuration block you want the GbE2 Interconnect Switch to use.
The system indicates which configuration block is currently set to be loaded at the next reset, and prompts you
to enter a new choice:
Currently set to use active configuration block on next reset.
Specify new block to use ["active"/"backup"/"factory"]:
Resetting the GbE2 Interconnect Switch
You can reset the GbE2 Interconnect Switch to make your software image file and configuration block changes occur.
Resetting the GbE2 Interconnect Switch causes the Spanning Tree Protocol to restart. This process can be lengthy,
depending on the topology of your network.
To reset the GbE2 Interconnect Switch, at the Boot Options# prompt, enter:
>> Boot Options# reset
You are prompted to confirm your request.
To display current boot options, enter:
>> Boot Options# cur
Accessing the ISCLI
To access the ISCLI, enter the following command from the AOS CLI, and reset the switch:
Boot Options# mode iscli
The default command-line interface for the GbE2 is the AOS CLI. To access the AOS CLI, enter the following
command and reset the GbE2:
>> Switch# boot cli-mode aos
Users can select the CLI mode upon login, if the /boot/prompt command is enabled. Only an administrator
connected through the console port can view and enable /boot/prompt. When /boot/prompt is enabled, the
first user to log in can select either the CLI mode. Subsequent users must use the selected CLI mode, until all users have
logged out.