Installation Manual
H3C SecPath F1000-E Firewall
Chapter 6 Maintaining Software
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Backup configuration file. The file type is B. When the boot using the main
configuration file fails, the system boots using the backup configuration file.
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Default configuration file. The file type can be M, B or N. When the boot using the
main and backup configuration files fails, the system boots using the default
configuration file. If the boot using the default configuration file fails, the system
boots without loading a configuration file. Firewalls of different vendors have
different default configuration file names. The main/backup attribute configuration
on the default configuration file is the same as that on common configuration files.
At present, the name of the default configuration file of the F1000-E firewall is
startup.cfg.
Note that:
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The configuration files for system boot can be type M, B and default configuration
file of type N. The non-default configuration files of type N (that is, neither M nor B)
cannot be used for system boot.
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You can modify the name of a configuration file using commands after the
application boots. You cannot modify the type of the default configuration file, but
you can modify the file type of type M, B and N configuration files using commands
after the application boots.
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There is only one file of the same type (M, or B) on the CF card. For instance, if
there is a file of type M+B on the CF card, there will not be other files of type M or
B. If the type of another file is changed to B, the original type M+B file changes to a
file of type M.
Caution:
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The configuration file name cannot be longer than 64 characters (including drive
identifier and a string terminator). If the drive identifier is “CF:/”, the file name can be
at most [ 64 – 1 – 4 ] = 59 characters in length; or, errors will occur in file operation.
Typically, the file name is recommended to be not more than 16 characters.
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The configuration file as a result of Web-based management is also saved in the CF
card. Currently, the device supports only the M type of configuration file, with a suffix
of .xml.
6.1.5 Software Maintenance Methods
You can maintain software of the F1000-E either the Web interface of the command line
interface (CLI).
For the detailed description about software maintenance through the Web interface,
refer to section 6.9 “Upgrading the Software Through the Web Interface” on page 6-38.
