Cisco 7604 Configuration Guide - Page 561

Chapter 24 Managing Software, Licenses, and Configurations Downloading and Backing Up Configuration Files • Backing Up the Configuration, page 24-17 Viewing Files in Flash Memory You can view files in flash memory and see information about the files. • To view the files in Flash memory, enter the following command: hostname# dir disk: For example: hostname# dir Directory of disk:/ 9 -rw- 1411 10 -rw- 959 11 -rw- 1929 08:53:42 Oct 06 2005 old_running.cfg 09:21:50 Oct 06 2005 admin.cfg 08:23:44 May 07 2005 admin_backup.cfg • To view extended information about a specific file, enter the following command: hostname# show file information [path:/]filename The default path is the root directory of the internal flash memory (disk:/). For example: hostname# show file info admin.cfg disk:/admin.cfg: type is ascii text file size is 959 bytes Downloading a Text Configuration to the Startup or Running Configuration You can download a text file from the following server types to the single mode configuration or the multiple mode system configuration: • TFTP • FTP • HTTP • HTTPS For a multiple mode context, see the "Downloading a Context Configuration to Disk" section on page 24-16. Note When you copy a configuration to the running configuration, you merge the two configurations. A merge adds any new commands from the new configuration to the running configuration. If the configurations are the same, no changes occur. If commands conflict or if commands affect the running of the context, then the effect of the merge depends on the command. You might get errors, or you might have unexpected results. To copy the startup configuration or running configuration from the server to the FWSM, enter one of the following commands for the appropriate download server: OL-20748-01 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide using ASDM 24-15