Cisco Systems 3750E Copying Configuration Files By Using RCP, Copy systemrunning-config, Filename

Appendix B Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images

Working with Configuration Files

	Command	Purpose
Step 3
	configure terminal	Enter global configuration mode.
		This step is required only if you override the default remote
		username or password (see Steps 4, 5, and 6).
Step 4
	ip ftp username username	(Optional) Change the default remote username.
Step 5
	ip ftp password password	(Optional) Change the default password.
Step 6
	end	Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 7
	copy system:running-config	Using FTP, store the switch running or startup configuration
	ftp:[[[//[username[:password]@]location]/directory]	file to the specified location.
	/filename]
	or
	copy nvram:startup-config
	ftp:[[[//[username[:password]@]location]/directory]
	/filename]

This example shows how to copy the running configuration file named switch2-confgto the netadmin1 directory on the remote host with an IP address of 172.16.101.101:

Switch# copy system:running-config ftp://netadmin1:mypass@172.16.101.101/switch2-confg

Write file switch2-confg on host 172.16.101.101?[confirm]

Building configuration...[OK]

Connected to 172.16.101.101

Switch#

This example shows how to store a startup configuration file on a server by using FTP to copy the file:

Switch# configure terminal

Switch(config)# ip ftp username netadmin2

Switch(config)# ip ftp password mypass

Switch(config)# end

Switch# copy nvram:startup-config ftp:

Remote host[]? 172.16.101.101

Name of configuration file to write [switch2-confg]? Write file switch2-confg on host 172.16.101.101?[confirm] ![OK]

Copying Configuration Files By Using RCP

The RCP provides another method of downloading, uploading, and copying configuration files between remote hosts and the switch. Unlike TFTP, which uses User Datagram Protocol (UDP), a connectionless protocol, RCP uses TCP, which is connection-oriented.

To use RCP to copy files, the server from or to which you will be copying files must support RCP. The RCP copy commands rely on the rsh server (or daemon) on the remote system. To copy files by using RCP, you do not need to create a server for file distribution as you do with TFTP. You only need to have access to a server that supports the remote shell (rsh). (Most UNIX systems support rsh.) Because you are copying a file from one place to another, you must have read permission on the source file and write permission on the destination file. If the destination file does not exist, RCP creates it for you.

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