Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch User Manual

Working With Configuration Files

Configuration Files Overview

OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide

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You may cancel a pending timed session by using the 

 command. To confirm that 

your timer session has been cancelled, use the 

 command. The following will 

display.

-> configuration cancel

-> show configuration status

File configuration: none scheduled

For more details about the CLI commands used to apply configuration files or to use timer sessions, refer 
to “Configuration File Manager Commands” in the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.

If you apply a configuration file to the switch that contains significant errors, the application may not 
work. In this case, the switch will indicate the number of errors detected and print the errors into a text file 
that will appear in the /flash directory. The following display will result where the cfg_txt file contains 
three errors.

-> configuration apply cfg_file

Errors: 3

Log file name: cfg_txt.1.err

In this case, the error message indicates that the application attempt was unsuccessful. It also indicates that 
the switch wrote log messages into a file named cfg_txt.1.err which now appears in your /flash directory. 
To view the contents of a generated error file, use the view command. For example, view cfg_txt.1.err.

Note. The keyword, authkey, along with a related alpha-numeric text string, are automatically included in 
many snapshot files (e.g., configuration snapshot all). The text string following the authkey keyword 
represents a login password that has been encrypted twice. (The first encryption occurs when a password 
is first created by a user; the second encryption occurs when a configuration snapshot is taken.) This dual 
encryption further enhances switch security. However, it is important to note that any configuration file 
(including a generated snapshot) that includes this dual-encrypted password information will result in an 
error whenever it is applied to the switch via the configuration apply command. This is a valid switch 
function and does not represent a significant problem. If an authkey-related error is the only error 
detected, simply remove all authkey-related syntax using a text editor. If a new password is required for 
the switch, include valid password syntax in the configuration file or immediately issue a new password 
using the 

 command at the command prompt. 

For more information on configuration snapshots, refer to 

. For more information on passwords, refer to 

. 

Note. When you enter a command using debug set or debug show keyword syntax, the switch writes the 
command output to a separate file that also ends with the .err extension. This does not mean that a config-
uration apply error has occurred; it is merely the switch’s standard method for displaying debug set or 
debug show command output.