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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Connecting to the Firewall Services Module and Managing the Configuration
Managing the Configuration at the CLI
Managing the Configuration at the CLI
The FWSM loads the configuration from a text file, called the startup configuration. This file resides in
the flash partition. When you enter a command, the change is made only to the running configuration in
memory. You must manually save the running configuration to the startup configuration for your changes
to remain after a reboot.
The information in this section applies to both single and multiple security contexts, except where noted.
Additional information about contexts is in Chapter 5, “Managing Security Contexts.”
See the “Backing Up the Configuration” section on page 16-7 for more information about managing
configuration files.
This section includes the following topics:
• Saving Configuration Changes, page 3-3
• Viewing the Configuration, page 3-3
• Clearing and Removing Configuration Settings, page 3-4
• Creating Text Configuration Files Offline, page 3-4
Saving Configuration Changes
To save your running configuration to the startup configuration, enter the following command:
FWSM# copy running-config startup-config
For multiple context mode, context startup configurations can reside on external servers. In this case, the
FWSM saves the configuration back to the server you identified in the context URL, except for an HTTP
or HTTPS URL, which do not allow you to save the configuration to the server.
Note The copy running-config startup-config command is equivalent to the write memory command.
Viewing the Configuration
The following commands allow you to view the running and startup configurations.
• To view the running configuration, enter the following command:
FWSM# show running-config
• To view the startup configuration, enter the following command:
FWSM# show startup-config
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