Command Line Interface

Backing up a switch configuration

Backing up and restoring a configuration is useful to protect your work or for use as a template in configuring other switches. The Config Backup command creates a file on the switch, named configdata. This file can be used to restore a switch configuration only from the command line interface; it cannot be used to restore a switch using Switch Manager.

2/8q FC Switch #> admin start

2/8q FC Switch (admin) #> config backup

The configdata file contains all of the switch configuration information including the following:

■All named switch configurations including the default configuration. This includes port, switch, port threshold alarm, and zoning configuration components.

■All SNMP and network information defined with the Set Setup command.

■The zoning database included all zone sets, zones, and aliases.

Use FTP to download the configdata file to your workstation for safe keeping and to upload the file back to the switch for the restore function. To download the configdata file, open an FTP session on the switch and login with the account name images and password images. Transfer the file in binary mode using the Get command as shown:

>ftp ip_address user:images password: images

ftp>bin

ftp>get configdata

xxxxxbytes sent in xx secs.

ftp>quit

You should rename the configdata file on your workstation with the switch name and date, config_switch_169_10112003, for example.