HP 5300XL, 5304XL, 5348XL sw5300, TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host, Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File from the Switch to a Serially

File Transfers

Transferring Switch Configurations

Series 5300XL switch# copy tftp startup-config 10.28.227.105

d:\configs\sw2512

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host.

Syntax: copy <startup-config running-config> tftp <ip-addr> <remote-file>

This command copies the switch’s startup configuration (startup-config file) to a remote TFTP host.

For example, to upload the current startup configuration to a file named sw5300 in the configs directory on drive “d” in a remote host having an IP address of 10.28.227.105:

HPswitch# copy startup-config tftp 10.28.227.105 d:\configs\sw5300

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File from the Switch 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 to which you want to copy the configuration file. 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>

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 �������.

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

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