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Switching Between Operational Mode and Configuration Mode

When you monitor and configure the SRC software, you may need to switch between operational mode and configuration mode. Topics that describe switching modes include:

Switching to Configuration Mode

To enter configuration mode:

Returning to Operational Mode

You can return to operational mode with or without committing configuration changes. You can enter or exit configuration mode as many times as you wish without committing your changes.

To commit the configuration and exit:

[edit]
user@host# commit and-quit
commit complete
Exiting configuration mode
user@host>

To exit without committing:

[edit]
user@host# exit
Exiting configuration mode
user@host>

If there are changes that have not been committed, the CLI returns a message to that effect:

[edit]
user@host# exit
Exiting configuration mode.
The configuration has been changed but not committed.

To return to operational mode from any configuration hierarchy level, such as [edit system services]:

[edit system services]
user@host# exit configuration-mode
user@host>

Running Operational Mode Commands from Configuration Mode

To display the output of an operational mode command, such as show, while in configuration mode:

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