Q-Logic 59226-00 B Manuel D’Utilisation

A – Command Line Interface

Working with Switch Configurations

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The Config Save command saves the changes you made during the Config Edit 
session. In this case, changes to the configuration named Default are being saved 
to a new configuration named config_10132003. However, the new configuration 
does not take effect until you activate it with the Config Activate command as 
shown:

SANbox (admin-config)#> config save config_10132003

SANbox (admin)#> config activate config_10132003

SANbox (admin)#> admin end

SANbox #>

The Admin End command releases the Admin session for other administrators 
when you are done making changes to the switch.

Backing up and restoring a configuration is useful to protect your work or for use 
as a template in configuring other switches. The Config Backup command creates 
a file on the switch, named configdata. This file can be used to restore a switch 
configuration only from the command line interface; it cannot be used to restore a 
switch using SANsurfer Switch Manager.

SANbox #> admin start

SANbox (admin) #> config backup

The configdata file contains all of the switch configuration information including 
the following:
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All named switch configurations including the default configuration. This 
includes port, switch, port threshold alarm, and zoning configuration 
components.

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All SNMP and network information defined with the Set Setup command.

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The zoning database included all zone sets, zones, and aliases