Delayed Restart

Another useful feature of G switches is the so-called Reboot Delay, which allows safe testing of the configuration without the risk of permanent unavailability of the device.

It works as follows:

The device boots with the same Boot config and Running config.

You can then set a timer that starts a time interval during which changes can be made to the Running config.

If, during this time, a setting is made that causes the device to lose management access, such as an incorrect VLAN configuration, the switch automatically reboots after the time interval expires and restores the original Boot config.