SRC-PE Release 1.0.x CLI User Guide > Managing Configurations > Updating the Configuration

Updating the Configuration

You can update the SRC configuration to include configuration changes from a file or to revert to the configuration supplied with the SRC product. You can also retain the active configuration and discard changes not yet committed. After you load one of these configurations, you can commit it to activate the configuration on the C-series platform, or you can edit the configuration interactively using the CLI and commit it at a later time.

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 this release, you can save the configuration to a file only in XML format.

To make a backup copy of the configuration:

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

[edit]

user@host> save backupcfg.xml

Commands to Load a Configuration

You can use the following commands in configuration mode to make configuration changes:

• load factory-default—Replace the existing configuration with the configuration supplied with the SRC software.
• load merge filename <relative>—Combine the configuration that is currently shown in the CLI and the configuration in the specified XML file.
• load override filename —Discard the entire configuration that is currently shown in the CLI, and load the entire configuration in the specified XML file.
• load replace filename <relative>— Look for replace tags in the specified file, delete the existing statements of the same name, and replace then with the configuration in the specified XML file.
• load set filename <relative>—Execute configuration mode commands such as set, edit, exit, and top from an ASCII file.

The relative option for the load merge, load replace, and load set commands lets you load the configuration at a specified hierarchy level.