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RTurnerZA
Apr 19, 2018Aspirant
XS716T Non-Persistent Configuration Setting
Hi, We are running the following switch: XS716T ProSAFE 16-Port 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switch, Firmware version 6.6.0.11. How would one configure this unit to use non-persistent savi...
- Apr 19, 2018
RTurnerZA wrote:How would one configure this unit to use non-persistent saving (as one could using other such devices)?
Netgear Smart Managed Plus and Smart Managed Pro automatically saving the config changes when applied. No "other" Cisco IOS here, or competitive units where users constantly forget to save changes and wonder where all the changes are gone following a reboot, power loss, ... There are pros and cons on every design.
schumaku
Apr 19, 2018Guru - Experienced User
RTurnerZA wrote:How would one configure this unit to use non-persistent saving (as one could using other such devices)?
Netgear Smart Managed Plus and Smart Managed Pro automatically saving the config changes when applied. No "other" Cisco IOS here, or competitive units where users constantly forget to save changes and wonder where all the changes are gone following a reboot, power loss, ... There are pros and cons on every design.
- RTurnerZAMay 03, 2018Aspirant
Sorry to re-open the thread schumaku, but a quick follow up query, how in this case would you recover from a bad configuration setting?
Other than sending an engineer to site to factory reset?
- schumakuMay 03, 2018Guru - Experienced User
If the unlucky admin is rendering the switch access to be no longer reachable - well, as I said. Pros and cons. A simple reboot by a local cable handler doesn't help.
- RTurnerZAMay 03, 2018Aspirant
Hi schumaku,
In the scenario we have the switches are in a data center, in another town, which would require an engineer to go site to reset them.
Though, we we are able to power them off remotely via APC PDUs.
So perhaps the better question would be: how would you suggest performing 'potentially' damaging changes - which may require a roll back of settings and/or what would be the easiest way to do this.
I apologize for all the questions, but I have limited experience with said switches.
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