6. Offline configuration
General
The offline configuration facility (AKA OFC) allows you to preconfigure the
chassis, before any modules or remote devices are physically installed.
Once they are installed, they will automatically get the configuration that
was prepared for them in advance. Refer to the MMM-01 user manual for
more details.
Usage and commands
In general, when using the OFC, the keyword
offline
is used. This
keyword should be used after either the
config
keyword or the
view|show
keywords.
The first step in using the OFC will normally be the definition of the OFC
target. The target is the device which you would want to configure next.
This is done with the following syntax:
config offline <
s
> <
c
> <
model-name
>
This would define offline configuration for the specified model for slot
s
,
channel
c
. The model must be supported by this feature (refer to table 4-
1). For example, if you wish to define offline configuration for an MCM100-
01, which is supposed to be installed in slot 1, you should use the
command:
config offline 1 1 mcm100-01
From this point, any offline
config
command will apply to this target and
the slot and channel numbers are not necessary. All the device’s
commands are supported. For instance, setting upstream SLE to on
would be done with the command:
config offline upsle on
Note
: all configuration changes are stored in volatile memory. In order to
save them to the non-volatile memory the
save
command must be used.
Refer to the
offline
and
system offlinecfg
commands in the
system commands section for further functionality and information.
Using the config online command, would reset the offline configuration
target. This command is not mandatory. It is possible to switch targets by
merely defining a new target, in which case the previous target is no
longer active (though configuration remains in volatile or none-volatile
memory).
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