Downloading Configurations Across A Fabric; Backup And Restore In A Ficon Cup Environment - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

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Backup and restore in a FICON CUP environment

ASM bit
on or off
on
off
If fmsmode is enabled in a configuration file, but is disabled on the switch, the configDownload
command fails and displays an error message. This prevents undesirable conditions that could result from
enabling fmsmode on a switch that does not require it.

Downloading 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.
Do not download a configuration file from one switch to another switch that is a different model, because it
can cause the switch to fail. If you need to reset affected switches, issue the configDefault command.
NOTE: In some cases, the configRemoveAll root command is required for reset, in which case you
should contact your system administrator.
To download a configuration file from one switch to another same model switch:
1. Configure one switch first.
2. Use the configUpload command to save the configuration information. See
configuration" on page 143.
3. Run configDefault on each of the target switches, and then use the configDownload command
to download the configuration file to each of the target switches. See
page 145.
148 Maintaining the switch configuration file
Command Description
All the files saved in the file access facility are uploaded to the
configUpload
management workstation. A section in the uploaded
configuration file labeled FICON_CUP is in an encoded format.
Files saved on the switch that are also present in the
configDownload
FICON_CUP section of the configuration file are overwritten.
Files in the FICON section of the configuration file that are not
currently present on the switch are saved.
The IPL file is not replaced, because active=saved mode is on. A
warning message is displayed in the syslog to warn that the IPL
file is not being overwritten.
Files saved on the switch that are also present in the
configDownload
FICON_CUP section of the configuration file are overwritten.
Files in the FICON section of the configuration file that are not
currently present on the switch are saved.
The IPL file is replaced, because active=saved mode is off.
"Backing up a
"Restoring a configuration" on