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CHAPTER 4: Configuration
4.5 Loading a Configuration
To modify a configuration, whether it is the default configuration or a custom
one, you must first load (retrieve) it. When you select
Load configuration
at
the main menu, a screen appears and asks you to select the current
configuration (the one that is active in the MPS-VIII) or a configuration
stored in a file on disk.
• To modify the current Multiport Spooler VIII configuration, which you
must do if you are configuring the MPS-VIII for the first time, select
Configuration from Current MPS-VIII
.
• To modify a configuration from a file, select
Configuration from the
Disk File
.
4.5.1 T
HE
C
ONFIGURATION
P
ASSWORD
Whenever you load the current Multiport Spooler VIII configuration, a screen
appears and asks you to enter the configuration password. If you are loading
the default Multiport Spooler VIII configuration for the first time, there is no
password. You need only press Enter. (You can change the configuration
password by selecting
Modify password
at the main menu. If you have
forgotten the password, refer to the entry for “Lost Configuration Password”
in
Section 8.1
.)
4.5.2 T
HE
N
AME OF THE
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILE
If you are loading a configuration file from disk, you are prompted for the
configuration file’s name. You can use the Backspace key to erase the default
name NONAME. You must type in the full pathname of a disk-stored config-
uration file. Press Enter, and the configuration file is loaded. You are not
prompted for a password in this instance.
4.5.3 O
THER
C
ONSIDERATIONS
If a transmission error occurs when you are loading a configuration, an error
message is displayed and the configuration is not loaded. Correct the error
and restart from the
Load configuration
menu option.
After the configuration is loaded, you return to the main menu with the
MULTIPORT SPOOLER VIII port configuration
option highlighted.
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