Nortel 4500 Series Overview-System Configuration page 91

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Displaying the current configuration
To display the current configuration of switch or a stack, use the show
running-config command, with the following syntax, in Privileged EXEC
command mode with no parameters:
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Storing the current configuration
To copy the contents of the current configuration file to another location for
storage, use the copy running-config command, with the following
syntax, in Privileged EXEC command mode:
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For all switches in the 4500 Series, you can save the configuration file to
a TFTP server. On the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series, you
can save the configuration file to a USB Mass Storage Device through the
front panel USB drive.
"copy running-config parameters" (page 91)
using this command.
copy running-config parameters
Parameter
{tftp | usb}
address
<XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX>
filename <name>
Restoring a system configuration
The CLI provides three commands for restoring a system configuration
to a switch:
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"Saving the current configuration" (page 92)
show running-config
copy running-config {tftp | (usb)} address
<XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX> filename <name>
copy tftp config
Use this command to restore a configuration file from a TFTP server.
The syntax is
— copy tftp config address <XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX>
filename <name>
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Overview — System Configuration
NN47205-500 02.01 Standard
5.0 23 February 2007
Working with configuration files 91
outlines the parameters for
Description
Specify a location to save the configuration file.
If you use a TFTP server, specify the IP address.
The name of the file that is created when you save
the configuration to the TFTP server or to a USB
Mass Storage Device.
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