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Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide
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CHAPTER
5
Managing the ACE Software
This chapter describes how to manage the software running on the Cisco 4700
Series Application Control Engine (ACE) appliance and contains the following
sections:
• Saving Configuration Files
• Loading Configuration Files from a Remote Server
• Using the File System on the ACE
• Viewing and Copying Core Dumps
• Capturing and Copying Packet Information
• Using the Configuration Checkpoint and Rollback Service
• Reformatting Flash Memory
Saving Configuration Files
Upon startup, the ACE loads the startup-configuration file stored in Flash memory
(nonvolatile memory) to the running-configuration file stored in RAM (volatile
memory). When you partition your ACE into multiple contexts, each context
contains its own startup-configuration file.
Flash memory stores the startup-configuration files for each existing context.
When you
create a new context, the ACE creates a new context directory in Flash
memory to store the context-specific startup-configuration files. When you copy
a configuration file from the ACE, you create a copy of the configuration
information of the context from where you executed the command.