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2-22Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings
You can upload/download configuration settings to/from a TFTP
server. The configuration file can be later downloaded to restore
the switch’s settings.
Command Attributes
•TFTP Server IP Address – The IP address of a TFTP server.
•
Destination File Name
— The configuration file name should
not contain slashes (\ or /),
the leading letter of the file name
should not be a period (.), and the maximum length for file
names on the TFTP s erve r is 12 7 char acter s or 31 char acter s for
files on the switch. (Valid characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, “.”, “-”, “_”)
Note: The maximum number of user-defined configuration files is
limited only by available Flash memory space.

Downloading Configuration Settings from a Server

You can download the configuration file under a new file name
and then set it as the startup file, or you can specify the current
startup configuration file as the destination file to directly replace
it. Note that the file “Factory_Default_Config.cfg” can be copied to
the TFTP server, but cannot be used as the destination on the
switch.