Applying Configuration Changes To Connections - Cisco ASA Series Cli Configuration Manual

Chapter 1 Getting Started
Command
write erase
Example:
hostname(config)# write erase
clear configure all
Example:
hostname(config)# clear configure all
Creating Text Configuration Files Offline
This guide describes how to use the CLI to configure the ASA; when you save commands, the changes
are written to a text file. Instead of using the CLI, however, you can edit a text file directly on your PC
and paste a configuration at the configuration mode command-line prompt in its entirety, or line by line.
Alternatively, you can download a text file to the ASA internal flash memory. See
Software and Configurations,"
In most cases, commands described in this guide are preceded by a CLI prompt. The prompt in the
following example is "hostname(config)#":
hostname(config)# context a
In the text configuration file you are not prompted to enter commands, so the prompt is omitted as
follows:
context a
For additional information about formatting the file, see
Interface."

Applying Configuration Changes to Connections

When you make security policy changes to the configuration, all new connections use the new security
policy. Existing connections continue to use the policy that was configured at the time of the connection
establishment. show command output for old connections reflect the old configuration, and in some
cases will not include data about the old connections.
For example, if you remove a QoS service-policy from an interface, then re-add a modified version, then
the show service-policy command only displays QoS counters associated with new connections that
match the new service policy; existing connections on the old policy no longer show in the command
output.
To ensure that all connections use the new policy, you need to disconnect the current connections so they
can reconnect using the new policy.
To disconnect connections, enter one of the following commands.
Purpose
Erases the startup configuration.
Erases the running configuration.
Note
In multiple context mode, if you enter clear configure all from the
system configuration, you also remove all contexts and stop them
from running. The context configuration files are not erased, and
remain in their original location.
for information on downloading the configuration file to the ASA.
Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
Applying Configuration Changes to Connections
Chapter 1, "Managing
Appendix 1, "Using the Command-Line
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