Brocade Communications Systems 6650 manual Copying a configuration file to or from a Tftp server

Loading and saving configuration files 3

Copying a configuration file to or from a TFTP server

To copy the startup-config or running-config file to or from a TFTP server, use one of the following methods.

NOTE

For details about the copy and ncopy commands used with IPv6, refer to “Using the IPv6 copy command” on page 62 and “IPv6 ncopy command” on page 64.

NOTE

You can name the configuration file when you copy it to a TFTP server. However, when you copy a configuration file from the server to a Brocade device, the file is always copied as “startup-config” or “running-config”, depending on which type of file you saved to the server.

To initiate transfers of configuration files to or from a TFTP server using the CLI, enter one of the following commands:

•copy startup-config tftp <tftp-ip-addr> <filename> – Use this command to upload a copy of the startup configuration file from the Layer 2 Switch or Layer 3 Switch to a TFTP server.

•copy running-config tftp <tftp-ip-addr> <filename> – Use this command to upload a copy of the running configuration file from the Layer 2 Switch or Layer 3 Switch to a TFTP server.

•copy tftp startup-config<tftp-ip-addr> <filename> – Use this command to download a copy of the startup configuration file from a TFTP server to a Layer 2 Switch or Layer 3 Switch.

Dynamic configuration loading

You can load dynamic configuration commands (commands that do not require a reload to take effect) from a file on a TFTP server into the running-config on the Brocade device. You can make configuration changes off-line, then load the changes directly into the device running-config, without reloading the software.

Dynamic configuration usage considerations

•Use this feature only to load configuration information that does not require a software reload to take effect. For example, you cannot use this feature to change statically configured memory (system-maxcommand).

•Do not use this feature if you have deleted a trunk group but have not yet placed the changes into effect by saving the configuration and then reloading. When you delete a trunk group, the command to configure the trunk group is removed from the device running-config, but the trunk group remains active. To finish deleting a trunk group, save the configuration (to the startup-config file), then reload the software. After you reload the software, then you can load the configuration from the file.

•Do not load port configuration information for secondary ports in a trunk group. Since all ports in a trunk group use the port configuration settings of the primary port in the group, the software cannot implement the changes to the secondary port.

Preparing the configuration file

A configuration file that you create must follow the same syntax rules as the startup-config file the device creates.

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