Automatically Saving The Running Configuration - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Automatically Saving the Running Configuration

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Automatically Saving the Running Configuration
Cisco MDS NX-OS provides an option to automatically save any configuration changes to the startup
configuration. This ensures that the new configuration is present after a switch reboot. By default, the
Active=Saved active equals saved option is automatically enabled on any FICON VSAN.
Table 23: Saving the Active FICON and Switch Configuration , on page 268
= Saved option active equals saved command and the implicit copy from the running configuration to the
startup configuration (copy running start)copy running-config startup-config command in various scenarios.
When the Active=Saved option active equals saved command is enabled in any FICON-enabled VSAN in
the fabric, then the following apply (see Number 1 and 2 in
Configuration , on page
• All configuration changes (FICON-specific or not) are automatically saved to persistent storage (implicit
• FICON-specific configuration changes are immediately saved to the IPL file (see the
If the Active=Saved option active equals saved command is not enabled in any FICON-enabled VSAN in
the fabric, then FICON-specific configuration changes are not saved in the IPL file and an implicit copy
running startup command is not issued, you must explicitly save the running configuration to the startup
configurationissue the copy running start command explicitly (see number 3 in
FICON and Switch Configuration , on page
Table 23: Saving the Active FICON and Switch Configuration
Number FICON-enabled active equals saved
VSAN? Enabled?
1 Yes Yes (in all FICON VSANs)
2 Yes Yes (even in one FICON
VSAN)
3 Yes Not in any FICON VSAN
4 No Not applicable
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copy running start) and stored in the startup configuration.
Files, on page 279).
Table 23: Saving the Active FICON and Switch
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Implicit copy Notes
running start
Issued?
Implicit FICON changes written to the IPL file.
Non-FICON changes saved to startup configuration
and persistent storage.
Implicit FICON changes written to IPL file for only the VSAN
that has active equals saved option enabled.
Non-FICON changes saved to startup configuration
and persistent storage.
Not implicit FICON changes are not written to the IPL file.
Non-FICON changes are saved in persistent
storage—only if you explicitly issue the copy
running start command.
Configuring FICON
displays the results of the Active
FICON Configuration
Table 23: Saving the Active