Copying Configuration Files

When you click Apply on any window, changes that you made to the switch configuration settings are stored only in the Running Configuration. To preserve the parameters in the Running Configuration, the Running Configuration must be copied to another configuration type or saved as a file on another device.

The Copy/Save Configuration page enables copying or saving one configuration file to another for backup purposes. The bottom of the page has a button, Disable Save Icon Blinking. Click to toggle between disable and enable.

CAUTION    

Unless the Running Configuration is copied to the Startup Configuration or another configuration file, all changes made since the last time the file was copied are lost when the switch is rebooted.

The following combinations of copying internal file types are allowed:

To copy one configuration from one file type to another file type:

  1. Click Administration > File Management > Copy/Save Configuration. The Copy/ Save Configuration page opens.
  2. Select the Source File Name to be copied. Only valid file types are displayed. (The file types are described in the Files and File Types section.)
  3. Select the Destination File Name to be overwritten by the source file.
  4. Click Apply. The file is copied.