Configurations Across A Fabric - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

The following example shows configDownload run on a switch with Admin Domains:
switch:AD5:admin>configdownload
Protocol (scp or ftp) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 10.1.2.3
User Name [user]: JohnDoe
File Name [config.txt]: /pub/configurations/config.txt
This command is used to download a backed-up configuration
for a specific switch.
switch, this file's configuration
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: xxxxx
Activating configDownload: Switch is disabled
configDownload complete: Only zoning parameters are downloaded to ad5.
Example: A download of all configurations (chassis + switches)
configdownload -a -ftp 10.1.2.3,gtian,config.txt,password
Example: A download from a switch with an FID = 8, to FID 10
configdownload -fid 8 -sfid 10 -ftp 10.1.2.3,jdoe,config.txt,password
CAUTION: Using the SFID parameter erases all configuration information on the Logical Switch.
Use this parameter only when the Logical Switch has no configuration information you want to save.
8. If you disabled the switch, enter the switchEnable command when the process is finished.
NOTE:
a configuration file you must reboot to be sure that the parameters are enabled. Before the reboot,
this type of parameter is listed in the configuration file, but it is not yet effective.

Configurations across a fabric

To save time when configuring fabric parameters and software features, you can save a configuration file
from one switch and download it to other switches of the same model type, as shown in the following
procedure.
170 Maintaining the switch configuration file
*** CAUTION ***
If using a file
from a different type of switch,
Because some configuration parameters require a reboot to take effect, after you download
from a different
settings will
Downloading a configuration
A switch reboot might be
.
override