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To view the running configuration, including settings that have not been saved yet, use the display
current-configuration command. The displayed configuration does not include parameters that use
initial or product-specific default settings.
Startup configuration loading process
Figure 31 shows the configuration loading process during startup.
Figure 31 Configuration loading process during startup
The device uses the following process to select the startup configuration file to load at startup:
1. If you access the Boot menu to select the Skip Current System Configuration option, the device
starts up with empty configuration. All parameters are set to their initial settings.
2. If you do not start the device with empty configuration, the following process applies:
a. If you have specified a main startup configuration file, and this configuration file is available,
the device starts up with this startup configuration file.
b. If you have not specified a main startup configuration file, or the specified main startup
configuration file is not available, the device starts up with the backup startup configuration
file.
Start
Enter Boot
menu?
BootWare runs
Yes
No
Main
configuration
file available?
No
Yes
Load main
configuration file
Load default
configuration file
Select “Skip
Current System
Configuration”
Software runs with
main file
Finish
Software runs with
factory defaults
Software runs with
initial settings
Startup
configuration
file specified?
Yes
Yes
Load backup
configuration file
Software runs with
backup file
Backup
configuration
file available?
No
No