Usb: Uploading An Acl Command File From A Usb Device - ProCurve 6200yl Management And Configuration Manual

USB: Uploading an ACL Command File from a USB Device

Syntax: copy usb command-file < filename.txt > < unix | pc >
where:
< filename.txt > = A text file containing ACL commands
< unix | pc > = The type of workstation used to create the
This command copies and executes the named text file from a
USB flash drive and executes the ACL commands in the file.
Depending on the ACL commands used, this action does one
of the following in the running-config file:
■ Creates a new ACL.
■ Replaces an existing ACL. (Refer to "Creating an ACL
Offline" in the "Access Control Lists (ACLs)" chapter in
the latest Access Security Guide for your switch.)
Adds to an existing ACL.
■
For example, suppose you:
1. Created an ACL command file named vlan10_in.txt to update an existing
ACL.
2. Copied the file to a USB flash drive.
Using a PC workstation, you then execute the following from the CLI to upload
the file to the switch and implement the ACL commands it contains:
ProCurve(config)# copy usb command-file vlan10_in.txt pc
The switch displays this message:
Running configuration may change, do you want to continue
[y/n]?
To continue with the upload, press the
key. Note that if the switch detects an illegal (non-ACL) command in the
[N]
file, it bypasses the illegal command, displays a notice (as in the tftp example
shown in Figure A-10 on page A-30), and continues to implement the remain-
ing ACL commands in the file.
Transferring ACL Command Files
and stored in the USB flash drive.
text file.
key. To abort the upload, press the
[Y]
File Transfers
A-31