Another common configure network commands are copy running-config and startup-config. Those commands create the backup copy of the running configuration in the NVRAM. The show configuration command can be used to check the contents of the NVRAM. The show running-config command displays active settings in the current terminal session. Here the example list of parameters for the copy command that use running-config and startup-config.

R1#copy ?

  /erase          Erase destination file system.

  flash:          Copy from flash: file system

  ftp:            Copy from ftp: file system

  null:           Copy from null: file system

  nvram:          Copy from nvram: file system

  rcp:            Copy from rcp: file system

  running-config    Copy from current system configuration         

  startup-config    Copy from startup configuration                

  system:         Copy from system: file system

  tftp:           Copy from tftp: file system

  xmodem:         Copy from xmodem: file system

  ymodem:         Copy from ymodem: file system

R1#copy running-config ?

  flash:          Copy to flash: file system

  ftp:            Copy to ftp: file system

  null:           Copy to null: file system

  nvram:          Copy to nvram: file system

  rcp:            Copy to rcp: file system

  running-config  Update (merge with) current system configuration

  startup-config  Copy to startup configuration

  system:         Copy to system: file system

  tftp:           Copy to tftp: file system

R1#copy running-config