Display the Boot Configuration

About this task

Display the configuration to view current or changed settings for the boot parameters.

Procedure

Enter Privileged EXEC mode:

enable
View the configuration:

show boot config <choice|flags|general|host|master|running-config [verbose]|sio>

Example

Show the current boot configuration. (If you omit verbose, the system only displays the values that you changed from their default value.):

Switch:1>enable

Switch:1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.

Switch:1#(config)#show boot config running-config
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#Mon Feb 13 13:32:58 2017 EST
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boot config flags debug-config file
boot config flags debugmode
boot config flags ftpd
no boot config flags spbm-config-mode
boot config flags sshd
boot config flags telnetd
boot config flags tftpd
no boot config flags verify-config
boot config choice primary backup-config-file "/intflash/config.cfg"
#boot config sio console baud 115200

Variable Definitions

The following table defines parameters for the show boot config command.


Variable	Value
choice	Shows the current boot configuration choices.
flags	Shows the current flag settings.
general	Shows system information.
host	Shows the current host configuration.
master	Shows the master information.
running-config [verbose]	Shows the current boot configuration. If you use verbose, the system displays all possible information. If you omit verbose, the system displays only the values that you changed from their default value.
sio	Specifies the current configuration of the serial ports.