Cisco Catalyst 9400 System Management Configuration Manual page 334

Configuring the Device to Download the Host Configuration File
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Command or Action
configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
boot host {ftp:[[[//[username [:password
]@]location ]/directory ]/filename ] |
rcp:[[[//[username@]location ]/directory
]/filename ] | tftp:[[[//location ]/directory
]/filename ] }
Example:
Device(config)# boot host tftp:hostfile1
service config
Example:
Device(config)# service config
end
Example:
Device(config)# end
copy system:running-config
nvram:startup-config
Example:
Device# copy system:running-config
nvram:startup-config
Managing Configuration Files
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Specifies the host configuration file to download
at startup, and the protocol to be used (FTP,
RCP, or TFTP):
• If you do not specify a host configuration
filename, the device uses its own name to
form a host configuration filename by
converting the name to all lowercase
letters, removing all domain information,
and appending "-confg." If no host name
information is available, the software uses
the default host configuration filename
device-confg. If you omit the address, the
device uses the broadcast address.
• You can specify more than one host
configuration file. The Cisco IOS software
tries them in order entered until it loads
one. This procedure can be useful for
keeping files with different configuration
information loaded on a network server.
Enables the system to automatically load the
host file upon restart.
Exits global configuration mode.
Saves the running configuration to the startup
configuration file.