Managing Configuration Files
You save, activate, and import configurations in the Configurations page.
Each Core has an active, running configuration and a written, saved configuration. When you apply your settings in the Core, the values are applied to the active running configuration, but the values are not written to disk and saved permanently.
When you save your configuration settings, the values are written to disk and saved permanently. The settings take effect after you restart the Core service.
Each time you save your configuration settings, they are written to the current running configuration and a backup is created. For example, if the running configuration is myconfig and you save it, myconfig is backed up to myconfig.bak and myconfig is overwritten with the current configuration settings.
The Configuration Manager is a utility that enables you to save configurations as backups or to activate configuration backups.
To manage configurations
1. Choose Settings > System Settings: Configurations to display the Configurations page.
2. Under Current Configuration: <name>, use the following controls to view, save, or revert configurations.
Control | Description |
View Running Config | Displays the running configuration settings in a new browser window. |
Save | Click to save settings that have been applied to the running configuration. |
Revert | Reverts your settings to the running configuration. |
3. Under Save Current Configuration, specify a new filename to save settings that have been applied to the running configuration as a new file, and then click Save.
4. To import a configuration from another device, click Import a New Configuration and use the controls described in this table.
Control | Description |
IP/Hostname | Specify the IP address or hostname of the Core from which you want to import the configuration. |
Remote Admin Password | Specify the administrator password for the remote Core. |
Remote Config Name | Specify the name of the configuration you want to import from the remote Core. |
New Config Name | Specify a new, local configuration name. |
Import Shared Data Only | This value is enabled by default. Copies only the in-path and out-of-path interface, protocols, CLI, web, statistics, NTP, SNMP, and alarm settings. The system does not automatically copy the failover, SNMP (contact and location), log, and network settings. |
Import | Imports the configuration. The imported configuration appears in the Configuration list but does not become the active configuration until you click Activate. |
Remove Selected | Select the check box next to the name and click Remove Selected. |
Note: Click the configuration name to display the configuration settings in a new browser window.
5. To change the currently active configuration, select another configuration from the drop-down list under Change Active Configuration, and click Activate.
Caution: You must restart the SteelFusion Core Management Console for a new configuration to take effect.