Uploading Configuration Files To A Tftp Server; Preparing To Upload A Configuration File To A Tftp Server; Uploading A Configuration File To A Tftp Server - Cisco WS-C4003 - Catalyst 4000 Chassis Switch Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 31 Working with Configuration Files

Uploading Configuration Files to a TFTP Server

These sections describe how to upload the running configuration or a configuration file stored on a Flash
device to a TFTP server:
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Preparing to Upload a Configuration File to a TFTP Server

Before you attempt to upload a configuration file to a TFTP server, do the following:
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Uploading a Configuration File to a TFTP Server

Use this procedure to upload a configuration file from a switch to a TFTP server for storage:
Log into the switch through the console port or a Telnet session.
Step 1
Upload the switch configuration to the TFTP server using the copy config tftp or the write network
Step 2
command. Specify the IP address or host name of the TFTP server and the destination filename.
The file is uploaded to the TFTP server.
This example shows how to upload the running configuration on a switch, to a TFTP server for storage:
Console> (enable) copy config tftp
IP address or name of remote host []? 172.20.52.3
Name of file to copy to []? cat4003_config.cfg
Upload configuration to tftp:cat4003_config.cfg, (y/n) [n]? y
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/
Configuration has been copied successfully.
Console> (enable)
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Ensure that the workstation acting as the TFTP server is configured properly.
Ensure that the switch has a route to the TFTP server. The switch and the TFTP server must be in
the same subnetwork if you do not have a router to route traffic between subnets. Check connectivity
to the TFTP server using the ping command.
You might need to create an empty file on the TFTP server before uploading the configuration file.
On a UNIX workstation, create an empty file by entering the touch filename command, where
filename is the name of the file you will use when uploading the configuration to the server.
If you are overwriting an existing file (including an empty file, if you had to create one), ensure that
the permissions on the file are set correctly. Permissions on the file should be world-write.
Software Configuration Guide—Catalyst 4000 Family, Catalyst 2948G, Catalyst 2980G, Releases 6.3 and 6.4
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