Use this screen to confirm or cancel your request to save the current configuration to Flash.
Clicking Yes saves the active configuration as the permanent configuration. The permanent configuration is used whenever the switch or router is restarted.
If the device's configuration has been changed, the new configuration is active when you select Exit from the configuration tool. The active configuration is then different than the permanent configuration stored in the flash memory. If the new configuration is not saved to the flash memory as the permanent configuration, the new configuration is lost when the device is restarted, and the permanent configuration from the flash memory is used instead.
If new software has been downloaded to the device, it must also be saved permanently at the same time as the configuration is saved as the permanent configuration. Otherwise revert to the backup software (the previous version of the software used in the device) and reconfigure the device again. This prevents mismatches between the configuration and the software.
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