Dell Networking 2024 Reference Manual page 205

Refer to the copy
commands section of the guide for command details.
Referencing External/Internal File systems
Configuration or software images are copied to or retrieved from remote file
systems using the TFTP protocol.
• tftp://server-name/path/filename — identifies a file on a remote file system
accessible through the server-name. Trivial file transfer protocol is a
simplified FTP and uses a UDP port instead of TCP and does not have
password protection.
Special System Files
The following special filenames are used to refer to special virtual system files,
which are under control of the system and may not be removed or added.
These file names are reserved and may not be used as user-defined files.
When the user copies a local source file into one of these special files and the
source file has an attached file description, it also is copied as the file
description for the special file.
• backup-config — This file refers to the backup configuration file.
• running-config — This file refers to the configuration file currently active
in the system. It is possible to copy the running-config image to a backup-
config file or to the startup-config file.
• startup-config — This file refers to the special configuration image stored
in flash memory which is loaded when the system next reboots. The user
may copy a particular configuration file (remote or local) to this special file
name and reboot the system to force it to use a particular configuration.
• image1 & image2 — These files refer to software images. One of these will
be loaded when the system next reboots. Either image1 or image2 can be
chosen for the next reboot using the command boot system.
The CLI prevents the user from accidentally copying a configuration image
onto a software image and vice versa.
command description on page 1460 in the Layer 2
Using the CLI
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