NOTE:
The J-number validation is ignored only when configuration file that contains the IGNORE tag is
downloaded to a switch via DHCP option 66/67. When a configuration file containing the
IGNORE tag is downloaded to a switch using CLI, SNMP or WebUI, the downloaded
configuration file is only accepted if the J-number in it matches the J-number on the switch.
There is no change to the current switch configuration when executing the copy command with the add-ignore-
tag option. The IGNORE tag is only added to the configuration file being exported to the external server. The
configuration file stored on an external server is then downloaded to the switch using DHCP option 66 during
bootup. If the IGNORE tag is available in the downloaded configuration file then the switch will avoid the J-
number validation of the configuration file. The downloaded configuration file will then go through a line
by line validation. Once the configuration file passes this validation, it gets updated in the flash. Once the
configuration file has been updated, the switch will reboot automatically.
NOTE:
The J-number in the downloaded configuration file is replaced with that of the switch. The
IGNORE tag is removed from the downloaded configuration file before updating it to flash. The
show running-configuration command will not display the IGNORE tag but displays the
switch’s J-number as part of the output.
Copy with add-ignore-tag
switch(config)# copy startup-config tftp <ip-addr> <filename> add-ignore-tag
switch(config)# copy running-config tftp <ip-addr> <filename> add-ignore-tag
switch(config)# copy startup-config sftp <ip-addr> <filename> add-ignore-tag
switch(config)# copy running-config sftp <ip-addr> <filename> add-ignore-tag
switch(config)# copy startup-config xmodem add-ignore-tag
switch(config)# copy running-config xmodem add-ignore-tag
Configuration commands for the add-ignore-tag option
Configuration files can be transferred to the switch from a server using the following copy commands:
• copy tftp
• copy xmodem
• copy sftp
Copy commands
copy tftp < startup-config | running-config > < ip-address > < remote-file >[ pc | unix ]
copy xmodem startup-config < pc | unix >
copy sftp < startup-config | running-config > < ip-address > < remote-file >
Configuration files that are downloaded using the copy commands as described in the example will be
accepted by the switch if they pass J-number validations and line by line validations after download. The
downloaded configuration file will be discarded by the switch if the validations fail. If the validations fail, the switch
will work with it’s previous configuration.
Show logging commands for the add-ignore-tag option
The show logging command is used to locate errors during a configuration validation process. The event log
catalogs entries with the ID#00158 and updates for each invalid entry found in the configuration file.
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