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1-80 EMC Connectrix DS-32B2 and ED-12000B Fabric OS Reference Manual
Telnet Commands
configDownload
Download the switch configuration from a host file.
Syntax configDownload [host,user,file[,passwd]]
Availability Admin
Description Use this command to download the switch configuration file from a
host system. The configuration file is ASCII text and may have been
generated using configUpload, or it may have be en crea ted by a u ser
to download specific configuration changes. The download process
uses FTP.
In Fabric OS v3.0, RSHD protocol is also supported. FSHD does not require
the passwd operand. FTP, however, always requires the passwd operand.
In Fabris OS v4.0, no spaces are allowed between operands.
To restore the configuration file from a Windows NT system using
FTP, the FTP server may have to be installed from the distribution
media and enabled.
This command can be invoked without any operands, and becomes
an interactive session where you are prompted for input.
A switch’s identity cannot be changed by configDownload. These
parameters (such as the switch ’s name and IP address) are ignored.
The download process is additive; that is, the lines read from the file
are added to the current switch configuration. This enables you to
change a single configuration variable by downloading a file with a
single line. All other variables remain unchanged. This is particularly
important when downloading a zoning configuration. Since the new
zoning information is added to the current configurat ion, there may
not be any conflicts. Typically this command is used to add a
consistent change to the current zoning configuration, or to replace
the current zoning configuration, in which case cfgClear must be
invoked before configDownload.