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Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
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Chapter20 Managing Firmware and Configurations
Working with Configuration Files
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For more information, refer to the documentation for your RCP server.
Downloading a Configuration File by Using RCP
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to download a configuration file by using RCP:
This example shows how to copy a configuration file named host1-confg from the netadmin1 directory
on the remote server with an IP address of 172.16.101.101 and load and run those commands on the
access point:
ap# copy rcp://netadmin1@172.16.101.101/host1-confg system:running-config
Configure using host1-confg from 172.16.101.101? [confirm]
Connected to 172.16.101.101
Loading 1112 byte file host1-confg:![OK]
ap#
%SYS-5-CONFIG: Configured from host1-config by rcp from 172.16.101.101
This example shows how to specify a remote username of netadmin1. Then it copies the configuration
file host2-confg from the netadmin1 directory on the remote server with an IP address of 172.16.101.101
to the startup configuration:
ap# configure terminal
ap(config)# ip rcmd remote-username netadmin1
ap(config)# end
ap# copy rcp: nvram:startup-config
Address of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 172.16.101.101
Name of configuration file[rtr2-confg]? host2-confg
Configure using host2-confg from 172.16.101.101?[confirm]
Connected to 172.16.101.101
Loading 1112 byte file host2-confg:![OK]
[OK]
ap#
Command Purpose
Step1 Verify that the RCP server is properly configured by
referring to the “Preparing to Download or Upload a
Configuration File by Using RCP” section on page 20-15.
Step2 Log into the access point through a Telnet session.
Step3 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
This step is required only if you override the default remote
username (see Steps 4 and 5).
Step4 ip rcmd remote-username username (Optional) Specify the remote username.
Step5 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step6 copy
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/filename]
system:running-config
or
copy
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/filename]
nvram:startup-config
Using RCP, copy the configuration file from a network
server to the running configuration or to the startup
configuration file.