Before You Load a Configuration

Before you load a configuration, make a copy of the current configuration. This configuration contains the active configuration plus any configuration changes that have been made at the CLI. For information about the syntax in the files, see:

• Text format—SRC PE CLI Command Reference
• XML format—SRC XML API Configuration Reference

You can save the configuration to text or XML format. By default, the configuration is saved to a file in text format.

To make a backup copy of the configuration:

• From the [edit] hierarchy level of configuration mode, save the configuration to XML format. For example:

  [edit]

  user@host# save backupcfg.xml format xml

• From the [edit] hierarchy level of configuration mode, save the configuration to text format. For example:

  [edit]

  user@host# save backupcfg.txt format text

Related Topics

• Cutting and Pasting Configuration Information at the SRC CLI
• About SRC Configuration Files in XML Format
• About SRC Configuration Files in Text Format
• Commands to Load a Configuration
• Preparing a File to Be Loaded into the Current SRC Configuration