Cisco RSP1 Installation And Configuration Manual page 12

Prerequisites
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After you upload the configuration file, proceed to "Removing the RSP1" on page 16. If you are
unable to copy the configuration to a remote host successfully, contact your network administrator
or refer to the end of this document for instructions on contacting technical assistance.
Downloading (Retrieving) the Configuration File
After you install the new RSP1, you can retrieve the saved configuration and copy it to NVRAM. To
retrieve the configuration, enter configuration mode and specify that you will configure the router
from the network. The system will prompt you for a host name and address, the name of the
configuration file stored on the host, and confirmation to reboot using the remote file.
You can access the router through a console terminal attached directly to the RSP1 console port, or
you can configure an interface port and Telnet to the router from a remote terminal.
12 Route Switch Processor (RSP1) Installation and Configuration
Enter the name or interface processor address of the remote host. In the following example,
the name of the remote server is servername:
Router# write net
Remote host []? servername
Translating "servername"...domain server (1.1.1.1) [OK]
The EXEC command interpreter will prompt you for the name of the file that will contain
the configuration. By default, the system appends -confg to the router's name to create the
new filename. Press Return to accept the default filename, or enter a different name for the
file before pressing Return. In the following example, the default is accepted:
Name of configuration file to write [Router-confg]?
Write file Router-confg on host 1.1.1.1? [confirm]
Writing Router-confg .....
Before the router executes the copy process, it displays the instructions you entered for
confirmation. If the instructions are not correct, enter n (no) then Return to abort the
process. To accept the instructions, press Return or y then Return, and the system will
begin the copy process. In the following example, the default is accepted:
Write file Router-confg on host 1.1.1.1? [confirm]
Writing Router-confg: !!!! [ok]
While the router copies the configuration to the remote host, it displays a series of
exclamation points (! ! !) or periods (. . .). The !!!! and [ok] indicate that the operation is
successful. A display of . . . [timed out] or [failed] indicates a failure, which would probably
be due to a network fault or the lack of a writable, readable file on the remote file server.
If the display indicates that the process was successful (with the series of ! ! ! and [ok]), the
upload process is complete. The configuration is safely stored in the temporary file on the
remote file server.
If the display indicates that the process failed (with the series of . . . as shown in the
following example):
Writing Router-confg .....
your configuration was not saved. Repeat the preceding steps, or select a different remote
file server and repeat the preceding steps.