Cabletron Systems CyberSWITCH CSX150 User Manual

Also see for CyberSWITCH CSX150: User guide Quick start guide

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CONFIGURATION T OOLSOVERVIEWWe provide the following configuration tools to set up and/or alter your configuration:• CFGEDIT, the configuration utility• Manage Mode, the dynamic management utilityYour CyberSWITCH is shipped with a default set of configuration files that are preinstalled. Theseconfiguration files provide basic functions which will allow you to perform initial installation testswith no additional configuration. However, once you perform these initial installation tests, youwill need to customize your configuration to suit your needs.CFGEDIT is the comprehensive utility you use to initially set up your system; you may use it laterto make configuration changes as well. However, CFGEDIT is NOT dynamic. This means you willhave to interrupt normal system operations in order to update configuration files. (You may do soby either rebooting, or issuing therestart command).Manage Mode provides a real-time management mechanism that allows you to change theconfiguration, without interrupting the current execution state of the system software. But, becauseit is dynamic, Manage Mode does have its limitations. So, when making configuration changes, youusually need to use a combination of both of these two tools.You may only have one CFGEDIT or Dynamic Management session active at a time per system. Forexample, if a user is making changes directly to the system using Dynamic Management, and thena second person at a different location using Telnet attempts changes, access will be denied to thesecond person.With two exceptions, it is possible to completely configure your system using CFGEDIT. Theexceptions are:1. TFTP configuration2. file attributes configurationThese two elements can only be configured using Manage Mode.CFGEDITCFGEDIT is a menu-driven utility. It consists of multiple, detailed submenus which allow you toset up or change configuration parameters. To better understand the structure of CFGEDIT, referto the CFGEDIT Map.CFGEDIT allows you to configure your system while the system software is still executing. Theseconfiguration changes are saved in a temporary copy of configuration data. At a convenient time,you may then reboot the system to make these changes permanent.EXECUTING CFGEDITAfter the system software has been loaded, you can start CFGEDIT by entering the followingcommand at the system prompt as shown below:[product name]>cfgedit