Configuration Management - Dell Networking 2024 Reference Manual

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Configuration Management

All managed systems have software images and databases that must be

configured, backed up and restored. Two software images may be stored on

the system, but only one of them is active. The other one is a backup image.

The same is true for configuration files, which store the configuration

parameters for the switch. The system has three configuration files. One file is

a memory-only file and is the current configuration file for the switch. The

second file is the one that is loaded by the system when it reboots. There is

one backup configuration file. The system also provides methods to back up

these files to a remote system.

File System Commands

All files are stored in a flat file system. The commands shown in Table 2-6 are

used to perform operations on these files.

Table 2-6. File System Commands

file description

source destination

Copying Files

The copy command not only provides a method for copying files within the

file system, but also to and from remote servers. With the copy command and

URLs to identify files, the user can back up images to local or remote systems

or restore images from local or remote systems.

To use the copy command, the user specifies the source file and the

destination file. For example, copy

copies a file from the remote TFTP server to a local backup

configuration file. In this case, if the local configuration file does not exist,

then it is created by the command. If it does exist, it is overwritten. If there is

not enough space on the local file system to accommodate the file, an error is

Deletes file.

Adds a description to a file (up to 20

characters can be used).

Copies a file from source file to destination

tftp://remotehost/pub/backupfile backup-

Using the CLI

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