• Besides saving configuration files to an FTP server or local file system, you can save to a test validated
USB device with the usbstorage command.
Note: Use a USB drive that has been test validated (verified) by Broadcom (Brocade):
• SanDisk 32 CZ48 USB 3.0 Flash Drive (SDCZ48-032G-UAM46)
• SanDisk 16 CZ48 USB 3.0 Flash Drive (SDCZ48-016G-UAM46)
• Kingston 32GB DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 Flash Drive (DT100G3/32GB)
• Kingston 32GB DataTraveler G4 USB 3.0 Flash Drive (DTIG4/32GB)
• PNY Attache 3.0 4 USB 32GB Flash Drive
• PNY Attache 3.0 4 USB 16GB Flash Drive
These drives are not orderable from Broadcom but are generically-branded and can be purchased from
other suppliers.
Procedure
1. Log on to the device using one of the following methods:
• A serial console connection to the active CP blade. The active CP is indicated by an illuminated blue
LED on the blade front panel.
• A telnet session using the chassis management IP address.
2. Log on to the device using admin as your password. If you have not changed the default password,
use password.
3. Back up the device configuration using the configUpload command.
Follow the prompts to upload the configuration to an external host using the file transfer protocol
(FTP), secure copy protocol (SCP), or secure FTP (SFTP), or save the configuration to the local file
system on device or attached USB device.
Core-X7-8_130239:FID128:admin> configupload
Protocol (scp, ftp, sftp, local) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 10.154.5.40
User Name [user]: anonymous
Path/Filename [(home dir)/config.txt]: dumps/supportsaves/andy/fos9k/folder/d239
Section (all|chassis|FID# [all]):
configUpload complete: All selected config parameters are uploaded
4. Back up the virtual fabric configuration using the configUpload -vf command.
For more information on using the configUpload and configUpload -vf commands, refer to the
Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.
5. Enter the following commands for additional configuration information that you can save to files:
• configShow
• ipaddrShow
• licenseShow
• switchShow
Powering down the chassis
About this task
Perform the following steps to power down the chassis.
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