Brocade Communications Systems 6650 manual Using Snmp to save and load configuration information

3 Loading and saving configuration files with IPv6

The tftp <ipv6-address>parameter specifies the address of the TFTP server. You must specify this address in hexadecimal using 16-bit values between colons as documented in RFC 2373.

The <source-file-name>parameter specifies the name of the file you want to copy from the TFTP server.

Specify the running-configkeyword to upload the specified file from the IPv6 TFTP server to the device. The device copies the specified file into the current running configuration but does not overwrite the current configuration.

Specify the startup-configkeyword to upload the specified file from the IPv6 TFTP server to the device. The the device copies the specified file into the current startup configuration but does not overwrite the current configuration.

Using SNMP to save and load configuration information

You can use a third-party SNMP management application such as HP OpenView to save and load a configuration on a Brocade device. To save and load configuration information using HP OpenView, use the following procedure.

NOTE

The syntax shown in this section assumes that you have installed HP OpenView in the “/usr” directory.

1.Configure a read-write community string on the Brocade device, if one is not already configured. To configure a read-write community string, enter the following command from the global CONFIG level of the CLI.

snmp-server community <string> ro rw

where <string> is the community string and can be up to 32 characters long.

2.On the Brocade device, enter the following command from the global CONFIG level of the CLI. no snmp-serverpw-check

This command disables password checking for SNMP set requests. If a third-party SNMP management application does not add a password to the password field when it sends SNMP set requests to a Brocade device, by default the Brocade device rejects the request.

3.From the command prompt in the UNIX shell, enter the following command.

/usr/OV/bin/snmpset -c <rw-community-string><fdry-ip-addr>1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.5.0 ipaddress <tftp-ip-addr>1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.8.0 octetstringascii <config-file-name>1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.9.0 integer <command-integer>

where

<rw-community-string>is a read-write community string configured on the Brocade device. <fdry-ip-addr>is the IP address of the Brocade device.

<tftp-ip-addr>is the TFTP server IP address. <config-file-name>is the configuration file name. <command-integer>is one of the following:

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