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Switch Memory and Configuration
Multiple Configuration Files
For example, suppose both primary and secondary flash memory contain
software release “A” and use a startup-config file named
config1
:
Figure 6-22. Example of Using One Startup-Config File for Both Primary and
Secondary Flash
If you wanted to experiment with configuration changes to the software
version in secondary flash, you could create and assign a separate startup-
config file for this purpose.
Figure 6-23. Example of Creating and Assigning a New Startup-Config File
N o t e
You can also generate a new startup-config file by booting the switch from a
flash memory location from which you have erased the currently assigned
startup-config file. Refer to “Erasing a Startup-Config File” in the next section.
Erasing a Startup-Config File
You can erase any of the startup-config files in the switch’s memory slots. In
some cases, erasing a file causes the switch to generate a new, default-
configuration file for the affected memory slot.
The first two commands copy the
config1
startup-config file to
config2
, and then
make
config2
the default startup-config
file for booting from secondary flash.
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