Avaya a500 Guida Utente
Cajun A500 ATM Switch User Guide
4-1
4
Managing the Physical Network
Overview
Managing the network from an Cajun A500 perspective is done from either the Cajun
A500 Manager or from each Cajun A500 switch using the Command Line Interface
(CLI). See Chapters 5 through 13 for information on the available CLI commands.
Saving and Restoring Configuration Parameters
This section describes the saving and restoring of configuration information.
Note: Not everything that you configure is saved within NVRAM. For example,
PVCs, PVPs, and SPVCs are not saved. Therefore, upon reboot they are lost.
The
consolerc
file is in a protected area on Flash. Clear the
consolerc
file by
executing the
file erase
command. Next, issue a
tftp get
command to
download the
consolerc
file from the TFTP server.
There is a method of retaining non-NVRAM parameters when a reboot occurs. This is
accomplished by entering each of the configuration commands within a file called
consolerc,
which is stored in the
MAIN
section of the internal flash. When the Cajun
A500 reboots, the system looks for this file and configures the system according to each
of the commands it parses in this file.
U You can enter any information concerning PVCs, PVPs and SVCs. You can also
enter parameters that reside in NVRAM providing there is available syntax for that
specific command line. The
consolerc
only enables you to enter simple
commands line by line. When running the
consolerc
file, the Cajun A500 does
not generate status messages or indicate which command it is executing.
U You can have the Cajun A500 dynamically read the
consolerc
file and configure
the system by doing a
file exec consolerc
. Remember to name the
configuration file
consolerc
, because upon boot up, the system looks only at the
consolerc
file and ignores any other ascii configuration file you have set up.