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Flash memory and PCMCIA flash card file management commands
To copy a startup-config file from a TFTP server to flash memory, enter a command such as the
following.
BigIron RX# copy tftp startup-config 10.10.10.1 test.cfg
Syntax: copy tftp startup-config <ip-addr> [/<from-dir-path>]<from-name>
Copying the running-config to a flash card or a TFTP server
Use the following method to copy the BigIron RX Series Switch's running-config to a flash card or a
TFTP server. The running-config contains the device's currently active configuration information.
When you copy the running-config to a flash card or TFTP server, you are making a copy of the
device's current configuration, including any configuration changes you have not saved to the
startup-config.
To copy the device's running configuration into a file on a flash card, enter a command such as the
following.
BigIron RX# copy running-config slot1 runip.1
Syntax: copy running-config slot1 | slot2 [/<to-dir-path>/]<to-name>
To copy the device's running configuration into a file on a TFTP server, enter a command such as
the following.
BigIron RX# copy running-config tftp 10.10.10.1 runip.1
Loading a running-config from a flash card or a TFTP server
Use the following method to load configuration commands into the BigIron RX Series Switch's
active configuration.
NOTE
A configuration file that you create must follow the same syntax rules as the startup-config the
device creates. Refer to the "Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files" chapter in the
Brocade BigIron RX Series Installation Guide for additional information.
To copy a running-config from a flash card, enter a command such as the following.
BigIron RX# copy slot2 running-config runacl.2
Syntax: copy slot1 | slot2 running-config [/<from-dir-path>/]<from-name>
The command in this example changes the device's active configuration based on the information
in the file.
To copy a running-config from a TFTP server, enter a command such as the following.
BigIron RX# copy tftp running-config 10.10.10.1 run.cfg overwrite
Syntax: copy tftp running-config <ip-addr> [/<from-dir-path>/]<from-name> [overwrite]
This command copies a running-config from a TFTP server and overwrites the device's active
configuration.
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