Copying The Configuration From The Terminal Display - Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Configuration Manual

Downloading and Backing Up Configuration Files
Enter one of the following commands for the appropriate backup server:
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Backing Up a Context Configuration within the Context
In multiple context mode, from within a context, you can perform the following backups:
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Copying the Configuration from the Terminal Display

To print the configuration to the terminal, enter the following command:
FWSM# write terminal
Copy the output from this command, and then paste the configuration into a text file.
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To copy to a TFTP server, enter the following command:
FWSM# copy {startup-config | running-config | disk:[ path /] filename }
tftp:// server [/ path ]/ filename
To copy to a FTP server, enter the following command:
FWSM# copy {startup-config | running-config | disk:[ path /] filename }
ftp://[ user [: password ]@] server [/ path ]/ filename [;type= xx ]
The type can be one of the following keywords:
– ap—ASCII passive mode
an—ASCII normal mode
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ip—(Default) Binary passive mode
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in—Binary normal mode
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Use ASCII or binary for configuration files (as in this case), and binary only for image files.
To copy the running configuration to the startup configuration server (connected to the
admin context), enter the following command:
FWSM/contexta# copy running-config startup-config
To copy the running configuration to a TFTP server connected to the context network, follow these
steps:
To specify the TFTP server that is connected to the context network, enter the following
a.
command:
FWSM/contexta# tftp-server interface_name ip_address path [/ filename ]
To copy the running configuration to the TFTP server, enter the following command:
b.
FWSM/contexta(config)# write net [: filename ]
If you specify the filename in the tftp-server command (above), you do not need to identify it
in the write net command.
For example:
FWSM/contexta(config)# tftp-server 10.1.1.1 /fwsmconfigs/contextbackup.cfg
FWSM/contexta(config)# write net
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