Chapter 4 Managing The Ace Software; Saving Configuration Files - Cisco 4700M Administration Manual

Managing the ACE Software
This chapter describes how to manage the software running on the Cisco 4700 Series Application
Control Engine (ACE) appliance and contains the following major sections:
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Saving Configuration Files

Upon startup, the ACE loads the startup-configuration file stored in Flash memory (nonvolatile memory)
to the running-configuration file stored in RAM (volatile memory). When you partition your ACE into
multiple contexts, each context contains its own startup-configuration file.
Flash memory stores the startup-configuration files for each existing context. When you create a new
context, the ACE creates a new context directory in Flash memory to store the context-specific
startup-configuration files. When you copy a configuration file from the ACE, you create a copy of the
configuration information of the context from where you executed the command.
When you make configuration changes, the ACE places those changes in a virtual running-configuration
file called the running-config, which is associated with the context that you are working in. When you
enter a CLI command, the change is made only to the running-configuration file in volatile memory.
Before you log out or reboot the ACE, copy the contents of the running-configuration file to the
startup-configuration file (startup-config) to save configuration changes for the current context to Flash
memory. The ACE uses the startup-configuration file on subsequent reboots.
This section contains the following topics:
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Saving Configuration Files
Copying Configuration Files from a Remote Server
Using the File System on the ACE
Managing Core Dump Files
Capturing Packet Information
Using the Configuration Checkpoint and Rollback Service
Reformatting the Flash Memory
Saving the Configuration File in Flash Memory
Saving Configuration Files to a Remote Server
Copying the Configuration File to the disk0: File System
Merging the Startup-Configuration File with the Running-Configuration File
Clearing the Startup-Configuration File
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