Downloading The Configuration File By Using Tftp; Uploading The Configuration File By Using Tftp - Cisco WS-C2960-24LC-S Software Configuration Manual

Appendix B Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images

Downloading the Configuration File By Using TFTP

To configure the switch by using a configuration file downloaded from a TFTP server, follow these steps:
Step 1 Copy the configuration file to the appropriate TFTP directory on the workstation.
Step 2 Verify that the TFTP server is properly configured by referring to the
a Configuration File B y Using TFTP" section on page
Step 3 Log into the switch through the console port or a Telnet session.
Download the configuration file from the TFTP server to configure the switch.
Step 4
Specify the IP address or hostname of the TFTP server and the name of the file to download.
Use one of these privileged EXEC commands:
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The configuration file downloads, and the commands are executed as the file is parsed line-by-line.
This example shows how to configure the software from the file tokyo-confg at IP address 172.16.2.155:
Switch# copy tftp://172.16.2.155/tokyo-confg system:running-config
Configure using tokyo-confg from 172.16.2.155? [confirm] y
Booting tokyo-confg from 172.16.2.155:!!! [OK - 874/16000 bytes]

Uploading the Configuration File By Using TFTP

To upload a configuration file from a switch to a TFTP server for storage, follow these steps:
Step 1 Verify that the TFTP server is properly configured by referring to the
a Configuration File B y Using TFTP" section on page
Step 2 Log into the switch through the console port or a Telnet session.
Step 3 Upload the switch configuration to the TFTP server. Specify the IP address or hostname of the TFTP
server and the destination filename.
Use one of these privileged EXEC commands:
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The file is uploaded to the TFTP server.
This example shows how to upload a configuration file from a switch to a TFTP server:
Switch# copy system:running-config tftp://172.16.2.155/tokyo-confg
Write file tokyo-confg on host 172.16.2.155? [confirm] y
#
Writing tokyo-confg!!! [OK]
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copy tftp:[[[//location]/directory]/filename] system:running-config
copy tftp:[[[//location]/directory]/filename] nvram:startup-config
copy system:running-config tftp:[[[//location]/directory]/filename]
copy nvram:startup-config tftp:[[[//location]/directory]/filename]
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