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Copying a file ··········································································································································· 91
Moving a file ············································································································································· 91
Deleting and restoring files ······················································································································· 91
Deleting a directory ·································································································································· 92
Archiving files and directories ·················································································································· 92
Extracting files and directories ················································································································· 92
Compressing a file ··································································································································· 93
Decompressing a file ································································································································ 93
Calculating the file digest ························································································································· 93
Executing a batch file ······································································································································· 93
Displaying processes that are using a file system, directory, or file ································································· 94
Managing configuration files ········································································ 95
About configuration file management··············································································································· 95
Configuration types ·································································································································· 95
Configuration file types and file selection process at startup ··································································· 96
Next-startup configuration file redundancy······························································································· 96
Configuration file content organization and format ··················································································· 96
Configuration rollback ······························································································································ 97
Enabling configuration encryption ···················································································································· 97
Saving the running configuration ····················································································································· 98
Comparing configurations for their differences ································································································ 98
Configuring configuration rollback ···················································································································· 99
Configuration rollback tasks at a glance ·································································································· 99
Restrictions and guidelines for configuration rollback ·············································································· 99
Scheduling or performing a remote configuration rollback ····································································· 100
About configuration rollback ··················································································································· 102
Restrictions and guidelines for configuration rollback ············································································ 102
Setting configuration archive parameters ······························································································· 103
Archiving the running configuration ········································································································ 105
Performing a local configuration rollback ······························································································· 105
Scheduling or performing a remote configuration rollback ····································································· 106
Configuring configuration commit delay ········································································································· 107
Specifying a next-startup configuration file ···································································································· 108
Backing up and restoring the main next-startup configuration file ································································· 109
About backing up and restoring the main next-startup configuration file ··············································· 109
Prerequisites for configuration backup and restoration ·········································································· 109
Backing up the main next-startup configuration file to a TFTP server ··················································· 109
Restoring the main next-startup configuration file from a TFTP server ·················································· 109
Deleting a next-startup configuration file ········································································································ 110
Verifying and maintaining configuration files ·································································································· 110
Displaying the factory defaults ··············································································································· 110
Displaying startup configuration file information····················································································· 110
Displaying the running configuration ······································································································ 110
Displaying configuration differences ······································································································ 111
Displaying information about remote configuration rollback··································································· 111
Displaying configuration archive information·························································································· 111
Upgrading software ···················································································· 112
About software upgrade ································································································································· 112
Software types ······································································································································· 112
Software release forms ·························································································································· 112
Upgrade methods ··································································································································· 113
Software image loading ·························································································································· 113
Digitally signed software images ···················································································································· 113
Restrictions and guidelines: Software upgrade ······························································································ 114
Upgrading device software by using the boot loader method ········································································ 114
Restrictions and guidelines ···················································································································· 114
Software upgrade tasks at a glance ······································································································· 114
Prerequisites ·········································································································································· 115
Preloading the BootWare image to BootWare ······················································································· 115
Specifying startup images and completing the upgrade ········································································ 116