Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual page 153

To download the switch configuration data to the current logical switch from an external FTP server
(no chassis permissions):
To download all system configuration data for the chassis and all logical switches (requires chassis
permissions):
To download the switch configurations to a logical switch with FID 8 from an attached USB device
(requires chassis permissions):
To download the switch configurations belonging to a logical switch with FID 4 to a logical switch
with FID 8 from an attached USB device (requires chassis permissions):
To download the Virtual Fabric configuration file using FTP:
Diagnostics The configuration download may fail for one or more of the following reasons:
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See Also configDefault, configList, configShow, configUpload, configure, configRemove
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any current switch settings.
file, which was uploaded
may cause this switch to fail.
required for some parameter changes to take effect.
configDownload operation may take several minutes
to complete for large files.
Do you want to continue [y/n]: y
Password:
Activating configDownload: Switch is disabled
configDownload complete: All config parameters are downloaded
switch:admin> configdownload -ftp 192.168.38.245,jdoe,config.txt,password
switch:admin> configdownload -all -ftp 192.168.38.245,jdoe,config.txt,password
switch:admin> configdownload -fid 8 -USB config.txt
switch:admin> configdownload -fid 8 -sfid 4 -USB config_fid8.txt
switch:admin> configdownload -vf -p ftp 10.32.248.119,jdoe,/temp/switch-conf_66.txt,mypassword
The switch has not been disabled. Disabling the switch is not necessary for configuration files
containing only certain SNMP or Fabric Watch parameters. You can run configDownload first
without disabling the switch, and if there is at least one changed parameter outside of Fabric
Watch or SNMP, you are prompted to disable the switch before proceeding.
The host name is not known to the switch.
The host IP address cannot be contacted.
You do not have permission on the host.
You are running a script that prints something at login.
The file does not exist on the host.
The file is not a switch configuration file.
The FTP server is not running on the host.
The configuration file contains errors.
The configuration file's logical switch definitions do not match the definitions on the target
switch.
Downloading a configuration
from a different type of switch,
A switch reboot might be
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