When you enter a
configuration command in the CLI, the command is not applied until you enter
the
commit-buffer
command. Until committed, a configuration command is pending and can be
discarded by entering a
discard-buffer
command.
You can accumulate
pending changes in multiple command modes and apply them together with a single
commit-buffer
command. You can view the pending commands by entering the
show configuration
pending command in any command mode.
Note |
All pending commands are checked for validity. However, if any queued command fails during commit, the remaining commands
are applied; failed commands are reported in an error message.
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While any commands are
pending, an asterisk (*) appears before the command prompt. The asterisk
disappears when you enter the
commit-buffer
command.
The following example
shows how the prompts change during the command entry process:
Firepower# scope system
Firepower /system # scope services
Firepower /system/services # create ntp-server 192.168.200.101
Firepower /system/services* # show configuration pending
scope services
+ create ntp-server 192.168.200.101
exit
Firepower /system/services* # commit-buffer
Firepower /system/services #