Dell PowerConnect M6348 Cli Reference Manual page 940

Command Mode
Privileged EXEC mode
User Guidelines
The location of a file system dictates the format of the source or destination URL.
The entire copying process may take several minutes and differs from protocol to protocol and
from network to network.
Understanding Invalid Combinations of Source and Destination
Some combinations of source and destination are not valid. Specifically, if the following
conditions exist, you can not use the copy command:
• If the source file and destination file are defined to be the same.
• xmodem cannot be a source and destination for the same copy operation. xmodem can only
be copied to image.
tftp cannot be the source and destination for the same copy operation.
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The following topics contain copy character descriptions.
Copying Image File from a Server to Flash Memory
Use the copy source-url image command to copy an image file from a server to flash memory
Use the boot system command to activate the new image.
Copying a Configuration File from a Server to the Running Configuration
Use the copy source-url running-config command to load a configuration file from a network
server to the device running configuration. The configuration is added to the running
configuration as if the commands were typed in the command-line interface (CLI). The
resulting configuration file is a combination of the previous running configuration and the
loaded configuration file, with the loaded configuration file having precedence.
Copying a Configuration File from a Server to the Startup Configuration
Use the copy source-url startup-config command to copy a configuration file from a network
server to the device startup configuration. These commands replace the startup configuration
file with the copied configuration file.
Storing the Running or Startup Configuration on a Server
Use the copy running-config destination-url command to copy the current configuration file to
a network server using TFTP. Use the copy startup-config destination-url command to copy the
startup configuration file to a network server.
The configuration file copy can serve as a backup copy.
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