3Com 5500 SI - Switch - Stackable, Configuration Manual

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Configuring File Management 441
Setting the Prompt
Mode of the File System
The following command can be used for setting the prompt mode of the current file
system.
Perform the following configuration in System View.
Table 477 File System Operation
Configuring File
Management
The management module of the configuration file provides a user-friendly operation
interface. It saves the configuration of the Switch in the text format of command line
to record the whole configuration process. Thus you can view the configuration
information conveniently.
The format of the configuration file includes:
■
It is saved in the command format.
■
Only the non-default constants will be saved
■
The organization of commands is based on command views. The commands in the
same command mode are sorted in one section. The sections are separated with a
blank line or a comment line (a comment line begins with exclamation mark “#”).
■
Generally, the sections in the file are arranged in the following order: system
configuration, ethernet port configuration, vlan interface configuration, routing
protocol configuration and so on.
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It ends with “return”.
The management over the configuration files includes:
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Display the current-configuration and saved-configuration of the Switch
■
Save the current-configuration
■
Erase configuration files from Flash Memory
Displaying the
Current-configuration
and Saved-configuration
of the Switch
After being powered on, the system reads the configuration files from Flash for the
initialization of the device. (Such configuration files are called saved-configuration
files.)
If there is no configuration file in Flash, the system will begin the initialization
with the default parameters. Relative to the saved-configuration, the configuration in
effect during the operating process of the system is called current-configuration.
You
can use the following commands to display the current-configuration and
saved-configuration information of the Switch.
Perform the following configuration in all views.
Table 478 Display the Configurations of the Switch
Operation Command
Set the file system prompt mode.
file prompt { alert | quiet }
Operation Command
Display the saved-configuration
information of the Switch
display saved-configuration
Display the current-configuration
information of the Switch
display current-configuration [ controller |
interface
interface-type [ interface-number ]
| configuration [ configuration ] ] [ | {
begin | exclude | include }
regular-expression ]
Display the running configuration
of the current view
display this