To An External Compactflash Disk (Slot0:); Saving The Running Configuration; Saving Startup Configurations In The Fabric - HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Managing Configuration Files
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To an External CompactFlash Disk (slot0:)

To save a configuration file on an external CompactFlash device, follow these steps:
Step 1 Log into the switch through the console port or through a Telnet session.
Save the running-config file using the copy system:running-config slot0:destination file command or
Step 2
the startup-config file using the copy nvram:startup-config destination file.
Use the following command to save a running configuration file to an external CompactFlash disk:
switch# copy system:running-config slot0:dns-config.cfg
Use the following command to save a startup configuration file to an external CompactFlash disk:
switch# copy nvram:startup-config slot0:dns-config.cfg

Saving the Running Configuration

After you have created a running configuration in system memory, you can save it to the startup
configuration in NVRAM.
Use the following copy command to save the configuration to NVRAM:
switch# copy system:running-config nvram:startup-config
The copy running-config startup-config command is an alias to the previous command and is used
frequently throughout this guide.
To cancel the copy operation initiated by another switch, use the following command:
switch# system startup-config abort
To cancel the operation locally and throughout the fabric, enter Ctrl-c on the console or Telnet session
of the initiator switch.
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Saving Startup Configurations in the Fabric

You can use Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) to instruct the other switches in the fabric to save their
configurations to their local NVRAM.
NVRAM using the following copy command:
switch# copy running-config startup-config fabric
Note If any remote switch in the fabric fails to complete the copy running-config startup-config fabric
process, the request is discarded on the initiator switch and the failure errors are displayed in the initiator
switch CLI session.
You can use the show cfs application command to verify that the Fabric Startup Configuration Manager
(FSCM) application is enabled.
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