H3C SecPath F1000-E Installation Manual

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Installation ManualH3C SecPath F1000-E Firewall Chapter 6 Maintaining Software6-3z Backup configuration file. The file type is B. When the boot using the mainconfiguration file fails, the system boots using the backup configuration file.z Default configuration file. The file type can be M, B or N. When the boot using themain and backup configuration files fails, the system boots using the defaultconfiguration file. If the boot using the default configuration file fails, the systemboots without loading a configuration file. Firewalls of different vendors havedifferent default configuration file names. The main/backup attribute configurationon the default configuration file is the same as that on common configuration files.At present, the name of the default configuration file of the F1000-E firewall isstartup.cfg.Note that:z The configuration files for system boot can be type M, B and default configurationfile of type N. The non-default configuration files of type N (that is, neither M nor B)cannot be used for system boot.z You can modify the name of a configuration file using commands after theapplication boots. You cannot modify the type of the default configuration file, butyou can modify the file type of type M, B and N configuration files using commandsafter the application boots.z There is only one file of the same type (M, or B) on the CF card. For instance, ifthere is a file of type M+B on the CF card, there will not be other files of type M orB. If the type of another file is changed to B, the original type M+B file changes to afile of type M.Caution:z The configuration file name cannot be longer than 64 characters (including driveidentifier and a string terminator). If the drive identifier is “CF:/”, the file name can beat most [ 64 – 1 – 4 ] = 59 characters in length; or, errors will occur in file operation.Typically, the file name is recommended to be not more than 16 characters.z The configuration file as a result of Web-based management is also saved in the CFcard. Currently, the device supports only the M type of configuration file, with a suffixof .xml.6.1.5 Software Maintenance MethodsYou can maintain software of the F1000-E either the Web interface of the command lineinterface (CLI).For the detailed description about software maintenance through the Web interface,refer to section 6.9 “Upgrading the Software Through the Web Interface” on page 6-38.