Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Chapter

Maintaining the Switch Configuration File

In this chapter

•Configuration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

•Configuration file backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

•Configuration file restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

•Configurations across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

•Configuration management for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

•Brocade configuration form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Configuration settings

It is important to maintain consistent configuration settings on all switches in the same fabric

because inconsistent parameters, such as inconsistent PID formats, can cause fabric

segmentation. As part of standard configuration maintenance procedures, Brocade recommends

that you back up all important configuration data for every switch on a host computer server as a

safety measure.

NOTE

For information about AD-enabled switches, refer to Chapter 17, “Managing Administrative

Domains”.

For more information about troubleshooting configuration file uploads and downloads, refer to the

Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide.

There are two ways to view configuration settings for a switch in a Brocade fabric:

• Issue the configShow -all command.

To display configuration settings, connect to the switch, log in as admin, and enter the

configShow -all command. The configuration settings vary depending on switch model and

configuration. This command does not show as much configuration information as the text file

created from the configUpload command.

• Issue the configUpload -all command to upload an ASCII text file from the switch or switch

module.

You can open the text file with any text editor to view the configuration information of the

switch.

CAUTION

Editing of the uploaded file is unsupported and can result in system errors if an edited file is

subsequently downloaded.