Starting A Configuration Session; Starting An Exclusive Configuration Session - Cisco ASR 9000 Getting Started Manual
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Configuring General Router Features
The procedure for viewing the active configuration sessions depends on the type of configuration
session. For administration configuration sessions, which assign hardware components in , you must be
in administration EXEC mode to view the active administration configuration sessions. For
configuration sessions, you must be in EXEC mode to view the active configuration sessions.
To view the active administration configuration sessions, connect to the and enter the show
configuration sessions command in administration EXEC mode, as shown in the following example:
RP/0//CPU0:router# admin
RP/0//CPU0:router(admin)# show configuration sessions
To view the active configuration sessions, connect to the appropriate and enter the show configuration
sessions command in EXEC mode, as shown in the following example:
RP/0//CPU0:router# show configuration sessions
Current Configuration Session Line
--00000000
If an asterisk (*) appears in the Lock column, the user is using an exclusive configuration session and
you cannot start a configuration session until the exclusive configuration session closes. For more
information, see the
Configuration sessions for administration configuration and each are managed independently. For
Note
example, if a user locks the administration configuration, you can still configure an if other users have
not locked a configuration session for that .
Starting a Configuration Session
When you place the router in global configuration mode or administration configuration mode using the
configure command, a new target configuration session is created. The target configuration allows you
to enter, review, and verify configuration changes without impacting the running configuration.
Note
The target configuration is not a copy of the running configuration. It has only the configuration
commands entered during the target configuration session.
While in configuration mode, you can enter all Cisco IOS XR software commands supported in that
configuration mode. Each command is added to the target configuration. You can view the target
configuration by entering the show configuration command in configuration mode. The target
configuration is not applied until you enter the commit command, as described in the
Changes to the Running Configuration" section on page
You can save target configurations to disk as nonactive configuration files. These saved files can be
loaded, further modified, and committed at a later time. For more information, see the
Configuration to a File" section on page
Starting an Exclusive Configuration Session
An exclusive configuration session allows you to configure the administration configuration or an and
lock out all users from committing configuration changes until you are done. Other users can still create
and modify a target configuration, but they cannot commit those changes to the running configuration
until you exit your exclusive configuration session.
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