Configuring The Device To Download The Network Configuration File - Cisco Catalyst 9500 Manual

Managing Configuration Files
If there are any problems with the startup configuration file, or if the configuration register is set to ignore
NVRAM, the device enters the Setup command facility.

Configuring the Device to Download the Network Configuration File

To configure the Cisco IOS software to download a network configuration file from a server at startup,
complete the tasks in this section:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. boot network {ftp:[[[//[username [:password ]@]location ]/directory ]/filename ] |
rcp:[[[//[username@]location ]/directory ]/filename ] | tftp:[[[//location ]/directory ]/filename ]}
4. service config
5. end
6. copy system:running-config nvram:startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
enable
Example:
Device> enable
Step 2 configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
Step 3
boot network {ftp:[[[//[username [:password ]@]location
]/directory ]/filename ] | rcp:[[[//[username@]location
]/directory ]/filename ] | tftp:[[[//location ]/directory
]/filename ]}
Example:
Device(config)# boot network tftp:hostfile1
Step 4 service config
Example:
Device(config)# service config
System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.8.x (Catalyst 9500 Switches)
Configuring the Device to Download the Network Configuration File
Purpose
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
• Enter your password if prompted.
Enters global configuration mode.
Specifies the network configuration file to download at
startup, and the protocol to be used (TFTP, RCP, or FTP).
• If you do not specify a network configuration filename,
the Cisco IOS software uses the default filename
network-confg. If you omit the address, the device
uses the broadcast address.
• You can specify more than one network configuration
file. The software tries them in order entered until it
loads one. This procedure can be useful for keeping
files with different configuration information loaded
on a network server.
Enables the system to automatically load the network file
on restart.
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