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948 ExtremeWare XOS 11.0 Command Reference Guide
Configuration and Image Commands
use configuration
use configuration [primary | secondary | <file_name>
Description
Configures the switch to use a previously saved configuration on the next reboot.
Syntax Description
Default
N/A.
Usage Guidelines
Configuration files have a .cfg file extension. When you enter the name of the file in the CLI, the system
automatically adds the .cfg file extension.
There is no special significance to the primary and secondary configurations. They are just conveniences
to specify the files
primary.cfg and secondary.cfg .
You can create a new configuration file by saving your current switch configurations and using that file
on the next reboot. For example, to create a new configuration named
test1 based on your current CLI
session and switch configurations, use the following command:
save configuration test1
To keep track of your configuration file names, use the
ls
command to display the files saved on your
switch. Files with the .cfg extension are configuration files. In addition, you can see a list of available
configuration files when you use the
use configuration
command. The following is sample output
from this command ( “test” and “XOS1” are the names of the user-created and defined configurations):
exsh.1 # use configuration
primary Primary configuration file
secondary Secondary configuration file
<file-name> Configuration file name
"test" "XOS1"
You can also use the
ls
command to display a list of the current configuration and policy files in the
system.
To view the currently running configuration, use the
show switch
command.
primary Specifies the configuration file named primary.cfg.
secondary Specifies the configuration file named secondary.cfg.
file_name Specifies configuration file named file_name.cfg. By default, the switch has
two configuration files: primary and secondary.