Maintenance
Maintenance – Unit Configuration
Microsemi PDS-408G Web Management User Guide Ver. 1.0.1, 03-2019
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running-config
– The configuration being used by the unit. The user may change the unit
configuration without saving the changes, meaning that after unit’s power down-up it may
operate with completely different settings. Selecting this option will save the unit’s current
running configuration to the user’s local drive on a laptop, desktop, etc. Download of running-
config may take a while to complete, as the file must be prepared for download.
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startup-config
– The configuration to be used by the unit after power down/up cycle or
software reset. In case the user saved the latest unit running-configuration, and had not made
any additional changes, then the running-config and startup-config will be the same.
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Default config
– Unit configuration to be used whenever startup-config and running-config files
were erased. This is the unit’s factory default configuration.
17.2.2
Upload Unit Configuration
Figure 18-3: Maintenance – Upload unit configuration
It is possible to upload a file from the web browser to all the files on the switch, except
default-config
,
which is read-only.
Select the file to upload, select the destination file on the target, then click
Upload Configuration
.
If the destination is
running-config
, the file will be applied to the switch configuration. This can be done
in two ways:
1.
Replace mode
: The current configuration is fully replaced with the configuration in the uploaded
file.
2.
Merge mode
: The uploaded file is merged into the
running-config
.
If the flash file system is full (i.e., contains
default-config
and 32 other files, usually including
startup-
config
), it is not possible to create new files. Instead, an existing file must be overwritten or another file
must be deleted.
17.2.3
Activate Unit Configuration
Figure 17-3: Maintenance – Activate unit configuration
It is possible to activate any of the configuration files present on the switch, except for
running-config,
which represents the currently active configuration. Select the file to activate and click
Activate
Configuration
. This will initiate the process of completely replacing the existing configuration with that of
the selected file.