Managing System Files
Copying or Saving Switch Configuration File Types
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To clear a configuration file, select it and click Clear Files.
Copying or Saving Switch Configuration File Types
When you click Apply on any window, changes that you made to the switch 
configuration settings are stored only in the Running Configuration. To preserve 
the parameters in the Running Configuration, the Running Configuration must be 
copied to another configuration type or saved as a file on another device. 
The 
Copy/Save Configuration Page
 enables copying or saving one configuration 
file to another for backup purposes. 
CAUTION Unless the Running Configuration is copied to the Startup Configuration or another 
configuration file, all changes made since the last time the file was copied are lost 
when the switch is rebooted.
The following combinations of copying internal file types are allowed:
• From the Running Configuration to the Startup Configuration or Backup 
Configuration. 
• From the Startup Configuration to the Backup Configuration. 
• From the Backup Configuration to the Startup Configuration.
• From the Mirror Configuration to the Startup Configuration or Backup 
Configuration.
To copy one configuration from one file type to another file type:
STEP 1 Click Administration > File Management > Copy/Save Configuration. The 
Copy/
Save Configuration Page
 opens.
STEP  2 Select the Source File Name to be copied. Only valid file types are displayed. 
(The file types are described in the Files and File Types section.)
STEP  3 Select the Destination File Name to be overwritten by the source file.
STEP  4 Click Apply. The file is copied and switch is updated.