Saving the configuration

After you change the configuration, you must save the changes to the module. Save the configuration to a file to retain the configuration settings.

About this task

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, with no difference in functionality or configuration.

Procedure

Enter Privileged EXEC mode:

enable
Save the running configuration:

save config [backup WORD<1–99>] [file WORD<1–99>] [verbose]

Example

Save the configuration to the default location:

Switch:1#save config

Identify the file as a backup file and designate a location to save the file:

Switch:1#save config backup 198.51.100.1/configs/backup.cfg

Variable definitions

Use the data in the following table to use the save config command.


Variable	Value
backup `WORD<1–99>`	Saves the specified file name and identifies the file as a backup file. `WORD<1–99>` uses one of the following formats: a.b.c.d:<file> /intflash/<file> The file name, including the directory structure, up to 1 to 99 characters.
file `WORD<1–99>`	Specifies the file name in one of the following formats: /intflash/<file> a.b.c.d:<file> The file name, including the directory structure, up to 1 to 99 characters.
verbose	Saves the default and current configuration. If you omit this parameter, the command saves only parameters you change.
standby `WORD<1-99>`	Specifies the standby file name in the following format: /intflash/<file> The file name, including the directory structure, up to 1 to 99 characters.