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Chapter 7 Managing Firmware and Configurations

Working with Configuration Files

To upload a configuration file from a WMIC to a TFTP server for storage, follow these steps:

Step 1 Verify that the TFTP server is properly configured by referring to the “Preparing to Download or Upload

a Configuration File by Using TFTP” section on page 7-9.

Step 2 Log in to the WMIC through a Telnet session.

Step 3 Upload the WMIC configuration to the TFTP server. Specify the IP address or hostname of the TFTP

server and the destination filename.

Use one of these privileged EXEC commands:

• copy system:running-config tftp:[[[//location]/directory]/filename]

• copy nvram:startup-config tftp:[[[//location]/directory]/filename]

The file is uploaded to the TFTP server.

This example shows how to upload a configuration file from an WMIC to a TFTP server:

bridge# copy system:running-config tftp://172.16.2.155/tokyo-config

Write file tokyo-confg on host 172.16.2.155? [confirm] y

Writing tokyo-confg!!! [OK]

Copying Configuration Files by Using FTP

You can copy configuration files to or from an FTP server.

The FTP protocol requires a client to send a remote username and password on each FTP request to a

server. When you copy a configuration file from the WMIC to a server by using FTP, the Cisco IOS

software sends the first valid username in this list:

• The username specified in the copy command if a username is specified.

• The username set by the ip ftp username username global configuration command if the command

is configured.

• Anonymous.

The WMIC sends the first valid password in this list:

• The password specified in the copy command if a password is specified.

• The password set by the ip ftp password password global configuration command if the command

is configured.

• The WMIC forms a password named username@apname.domain. The variable username is the

username associated with the current session, apname is the configured hostname, and domain is the

domain of the WMIC.

The username and password must be associated with an account on the FTP server. If you are writing to

the server, the FTP server must be properly configured to accept your FTP write request.

Use the ip ftp username and ip ftp password commands to specify a username and password for all

copies. Include the username in the copy command if you want to specify only a username for that copy

operation.