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Managing the Directory Structure (Non-Redundant)

Managing CMM Directory Content

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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide

When the running configuration is saved to the working directory, the switch’s working and certified 
directories are now different. This difference, if the CMM reboots, causes the switch to boot and run from 
the certified directory. When the switch is booted and run from the certified directory, changes made to 
switch functionality cannot be saved and files cannot be moved between directories. The boot.cfg file 
saved on the working directory needs to be saved to the certified directory, as shown:

In this diagram:

1 The switch boots from the certified directory and changes are made to the running configuration. 

2 The changes are saved to the working directory as the boot.cfg file.

3 The contents of the working directory are saved to the certified directory. 

Once the working directory is copied to the certified directory, and the switch reboots, it will reboot from 
the certified directory but run from the working directory. When the switch runs in this fashion, changes 
made to the running configuration can be saved to the working directory as described in 

Note. Only software that has been thoroughly validated as viable and reliant software should be copied to 
the certified directory. Once you copy software to the certified directory, you will not be able to recover a 
previous version of the image or configuration files. 

Working

Certified

Running

Primary CMM