Cisco Networking Academy Program CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide, Revised part 70 is the Cisco approved textbook to use alongside version of the Cisco Networking Academy Program CCNA 1 and CCNA 2 web-based courses. The topics covered provide you with the necessary knowledge to begin your preparation for the CCNA certification exam (640-801, or 640-821 and 640-811) and to enter the field of network administration. | Page 659 Tuesday May 20 2003 2 53 PM Managing Cisco IOS Software Images 659 Figure 14-4 Capturing the Config File After the capture is complete you need to edit the configuration file to remove extra text. To create this file in a form to be copied and pasted back into the router remove any unnecessary information from the captured configuration. You can add comments to the text to explain the various parts of the configuration. Add a comment by beginning a line with an exclamation mark . You can edit the configuration file from a text editor such as Notepad. To edit the file from Notepad complete the following steps Step 1 Click File Open. Step 2 Find the captured file and select it. Step 3 Click Open. The lines you need to delete contain the following show running-config Building configuration. Current configuration - More - Any lines that appear after the word End Page 660 Tuesday May 20 2003 2 53 PM 660 Chapter 14 Managing Cisco IOS Software At the end of each of the interface sections add the no shutdown command. Clicking File Save saves the clean version of the configuration. You can then restore the backup configuration from a HyperTerminal session. However before you restore the configuration remove any remaining configuration from the router which you can do by entering the command erase startup-config at the enable router prompt and then restarting the router by entering reload. After you remove any remaining configuration you can use HyperTerminal to restore a configuration. You can copy the clean backup of the configuration into the router as follows Step 1 Go into the router global configuration mode. Step 2 From the HyperTerminal choose Transfer Send Text File. Step 3 Select the name of the file for the saved backup configuration. Step 4 The lines of the file are entered into the router as if the lines are being typed. Step 5 Look for any errors. Step 6 After the configuration is entered press Ctrl z to exit the global .
