What To Do Next; Maintaining Configuration Files Larger Than Nvram; Compressing The Configuration File - Cisco Catalyst 9500 Manual

Managing Configuration Files
device#
%SYS-5-CONFIG: Configured from host1-config by ftp from 172.16.101.101
Copy FTP Startup-Config
The following example specifies a remote username of netadmin1. Then it copies the configuration file named
host2-confg from the netadmin1 directory on the remote server with an IP address of 172.16.101.101 to the
startup configuration:
device# configure terminal
device(config)# ip ftp username netadmin1
device(config)# ip ftp password mypass
device(config)# end
device# copy ftp: nvram:startup-config
Address of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 172.16.101.101
Name of configuration file[host1-confg]? host2-confg
Configure using host2-confg from 172.16.101.101?[confirm]
Connected to 172.16.101.101
Loading 1112 byte file host2-confg:![OK]
[OK]
device#
%SYS-5-CONFIG_NV:Non-volatile store configured from host2-config by ftp from 172.16.101.101

What to Do Next

After you have issued the copy EXEC command, you may be prompted for additional information or for
confirmation of the action. The prompt displayed depends on how much information you provide in the copy
command and the current setting of the file prompt global configuration command.

Maintaining Configuration Files Larger than NVRAM

To maintain a configuration file that exceeds the size of NVRAM, perform the tasks described in the following
sections:

Compressing the Configuration File

To compress configuration files, complete the tasks in this section:
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Command or Action
enable
Example:
Device> enable
configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.x (Catalyst 9500 Switches)
Copy FTP Startup-Config
Purpose
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Enters global configuration mode.
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