3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide
Chapter 43 File System Management
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43.1.5 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 43-4
File system operation
Operation
Command
Set the file system prompt mode.
file prompt
{
alert
|
quiet
}
43.2 Configuration File Management
43.2.1 Configuration File Management Overview
The management module of configuration file provides a user-friendly operation
interface. It saves the configuration of the Ethernet 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 configuration file includes:
z
It is saved in the command format.
z
Only the non-default constants will be saved
z
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
“#”).
z
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.
z
It ends with “end”.
The following sections describe configuration file management tasks.
z
Displaying the Current-Configuration and Saved-Configuration of Ethernet Switch
z
Modifying and Saving the Current-Configuration
z
Erasing Configuration Files from Flash Memory
z
Configuring the Name of the Configuration File Used for the Next Startup.
43.2.2 Displaying the Current-Configuration and Saved-Configuration of
Ethernet Switch
After being powered on, the system will read the configuration files from Flash Memory
for the initialization of the device. (Such configuration files are called
saved-configuration files). If there is no configuration file in Flash Memory, the system
