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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Specify a startup configuration file
to be used at the next startup
startup saved-configuration cfgfile
[ backup | main ]
Required
Available in user view
CAUTION:
A configuration file must use .cfg as its extension name and the startup configuration file must be saved in
the storage media’s root directory.
Backing up the startup configuration file
The backup function allows you to copy the startup configuration file to be used at the next startup from
the switch to the TFTP server.
The backup operation backs up the main startup configuration file to the TFTP server for switches
supporting main and backup startup configuration files.
Follow the step below to back up the startup configuration file to be used at the next startup:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Back up the startup configuration
file to be used at the next startup to
the specified TFTP server
backup startup-configuration to
dest-addr [dest- filename ]
Required
Available in user view
NOTE:
Before the backup operation:
• Make sure that the server is reachable and enabled with TFTP service, and the client has the read and
write permission.
• Use the display startup command (in user view) to check whether you have specified a startup
configuration file to be used at the next startup. If the file is set as NULL or does not exist, the backup
operation fails.
Deleting a startup configuration file
You can delete a startup configuration file at the CLI. On a switch that has main and backup startup
configuration files, you can choose to delete the main, the backup, or both. If the switch has only one
startup configuration to be used at the next startup, the system only sets the startup configuration file to
NULL.
You may need to delete a startup configuration file to be used at the next startup for one of the following
reasons:
• After you upgrade system software, the existing startup configuration files do not match the new
system software.
• Startup configuration files are corrupted (often caused by loading a wrong configuration file).
With startup configuration files deleted, the switch uses null configuration at the next startup.
Follow the step below to delete a startup configuration file to be used at the next startup:
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