DELL N3000 User Manual

Managing Images and Files

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Firmware for the switch. The switch can 

maintain two images: the active image and 

the backup image. 

startup-config

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Contains the software configuration that 

loads during the boot process.

running-config

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Contains the current switch configuration. 

backup-config

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An additional configuration file that serves 

as a backup.

Configuration script

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Text file with CLI commands. When you 

activate a script on the switch, the 

commands are executed and added to the 

running-config. 

Log files

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Provides various information about events 

that occur on the switch. For more 

information, see Monitoring and Logging 

SSH key files

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Contains information to authenticate SSH 

sessions. The switch supports the following 

files for SSH:

• SSH-1 RSA Key File
• SSH-2 RSA Key File (PEM Encoded)
• SSH-2 Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) 

Key File (PEM Encoded)