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Switch Memory and Configuration
Multiple Configuration Files
Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files
Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple
Configuration Enabled
Rebooting the switch automatically enables the multiple configuration fea-
ture.
Command
Page
show config files
Below
show config <
filename
>
Syntax:
show config files
This command displays the available startup-config files on
the switch and the current use of each file.
id:
Identifies the memory slot for each startup-config file
available on the switch.
act:
An asterisk (
*
) in this column indicates that the
corresponding startup-config file is currently in use.
pri:
An asterisk (
*
) in this column indicates that the
corresponding startup-config file is currently assigned to the
primary boot path.
sec:
An asterisk (
*
) in this column indicates that the
corresponding startup-config file is currently assigned to the
secondary boot path.
name:
Shows the filename for each listed startup-config file in
the switch. Refer to “Renaming an Existing Startup-Config
File” on page 6-34 for the command you can use to change
existing startup-config filenames.
In the default configuration, if the switch was shipped from
the factory with software installed in both the primary and
secondary boot paths, then one startup-config file named
config1
is used for both paths and is stored in memory slot 1
.
Memory slots 2 and 3 are empty in this default configuration.
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