# Saving and Restoring an Adapter's Configuration Settings

The Save and Restore Command Line Tool is a VBScript (SavResDX.vbs) that allows you to copy the current adapter and team settings into a standalone file (such as on a floppy disk) as a backup measure. In the event of a hard drive failure, you can reinstate most of your former settings. This script does not save/restore the network drivers or the protocol addresses.

The system on which you restore network configuration settings must have the same configuration as the one on which the save was performed.

| NOTES: Only adapter settings are saved (these include ANS teaming and VLANs). The adapter's driver and IP address are not saved. Restore using the script only once. Restoring multiple times may result in unstable configuration. The Restore operation requires the same OS as when the configuration was Saved.

## Supported Operating Systems

- For Intel® PRO/100 or Intel® Gigabit Network Adapters: Microsoft* Windows* 2000, XP, Windows Vista*, Windows Server* 2003, or Windows Server 2008

- For Intel® 10GbE Network Adapters: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows XP (Intel PRO/10GbE CX4 adapters only)

## Command Line Syntax

> cscript SavResDX.vbs save|restore [filename]

SavResDX.vbs has the following command line options:

save | Saves adapter and team settings that have been changed from the default settings. When you restore with the resulting file, any settings not contained in the file are assumed to be the default.
restore | Restores the settings.
filename | The file to save settings to or restore settings from. If no filename is specified, the script default to WmiConf.txt.

## Examples

### Save Example

To save the adapter settings to a file on a floppy diskette, do the following.

1. Open a Windows Command Prompt.
2. Navigate to the directory where SavResDX.vbs is located (generally c:\Program Files\Intel\DMIX).
3. Type the following:

cscript SavResDX.vbs save a:\settings.txt

### Restore Example

To restore the adapter settings from a file on a floppy diskette, do the following:

1. Open a Windows Command Prompt.
2. Navigate to the directory where SavResDX.vbs is located (generally c:\Program Files\Intel\DMIX).
3. Type the following:

cscript SavResDX.vbs restore a:\settings.txt

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