HP ProCurve 2520 Connected PC or UNIX Workstation, Connected PC or UNIX Workstation, Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

File Transfers

Transferring Switch Configurations

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation

To use this method, the switch must be connected via the serial port to a PC or UNIX workstation. You will need to:

■Determine a filename to use.

■Know the directory path you will use to store the configuration file.

Syntax: copy < startup-config running-config > xmodem < pc unix > copy config < filename > xmodem < pc unix >

Uses Xmodem to copy a designated configuration file from the switch to a PC or Unix workstation. For more on multiple configuration files, refer to “Multiple Configuration Files” on page 6-23.

For example, to copy a configuration file to a PC serially connected to the switch:

1.Determine the file name and directory location on the PC.

2.Execute the following command:

3.After you see the above prompt, press [Enter].

4.Execute the terminal emulator commands to begin the file transfer.

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File from a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation

To use this method, the switch must be connected via the serial port to a PC or UNIX workstation on which is stored the configuration file you want to copy. To complete the copying, you will need to know the name of the file to copy and the drive and directory location of the file.

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