Copying Files - Cisco DS-X9530-SF1-K9 - Supervisor-1 Module - Control Processor Configuration Manual

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Working with Configuration Files

S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .

Copying Files

The syntax for the copy command follows and is explained in

switch# copy <scheme>://<username@><server>/<file name>

scp (secure copy)

1. When downloading and uploading files, a TFTP limitation restricts a TFTP client to a 32 MB file size and some TFTP servers

Use the show version image command to verify if the downloaded images are valid.

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copy Command Syntax

to a 16 MB file size.

This example shows how to copy a file from the active supervisor module's (sup-1 in slot 5)

bootflash to the standby supervisor module's (sup-2 in slot 6) bootflash.

switch# copy bootflash:system_image bootflash://sup-2/system_image

This example shows how to overwrite the contents of an existing configuration in NVRAM.

switch# copy nvram:snapshot-config nvram:startup-config

Warning: this command is going to overwrite your current startup-config.

Do you wish to continue? {y/n} [y] y

This example shows how to copy a running configuration to the bootflash: file system.

switch# copy system:running-config bootflash:my-config

This example shows how to copy a system image file from the SCP server to bootflash.

switch# copy scp://user@10.1.7.2/system-image bootflash:system-image

This example shows how to copy a script file from the SFTP server to the volatile: file system.

switch# copy sftp://172.16.10.100/myscript.txt volatile:myscript.txt

sup-1 or module-5

sup-2 or module-6

IP address or DNS name

Working with Configuration Files

User-specified

startup-config or snapshot-config

running-config

User-specified

Process identifier number

OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x