# Configuration Retrieval

  This feature may be used to retrieve a unit's current configuration. This may be useful when adding configured units to the management database, or for comparing the unit's current configuration against the configuration stored in the management database.
  Note: If you are using this feature to compare configuration files, you may want to make a backup of the unit's existing configuration file before performing the following steps.
  To add a unit to the database and retrieve its current configuration:
  1. Add the unit to the database. Make certain the product type matches the physical unit.
  Note: The configuration installation process does not verify product types. If the unit you added does not match the product type of the unit whose configuration you want to retrieve, problems my arise when an installation is performed.
  2. From the Connect Management via pull-down box, select the interface through which you intend to manage the unit.
  3. Configure the address of the unit's interface through which you intend to manage the unit. For example, if you manage the unit through its LAN port via IP, you need to define the unit's LAN IP address and network mask.
  4. Open the File menu and select Retrieve Configuration. A message box will appear and display the progress of the operation.
  5. Select the code version you want installed onto the unit.
  6. Enter other general information you feel is appropriate.
  Note: The original configuration file is not overwritten until a save is performed. If you are just comparing one configuration to another, you may not want to save the configuration. Be careful when exiting the configuration editor. You will be asked whether or not you want to save any changes to the configuration file. Answer carefully.
  7. Open the File menu and select Save to save the configuration into the management database.