PurposeCommand or Action
Using FTP, store the switch running or startup configuration
file to the specified location.
Do one of the following:
Step 5
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copy system:running-config ftp: [[[//[username
[:password ]@]location]/directory ]/filename ]
or
•
copy nvram:startup-config ftp: [[[//[username
[:password ]@]location]/directory ]/filename ]
This example shows how to copy the running configuration file named switch2-confg to the netadmin1
directory on the remote host with an IP address of 172.16.101.101:
Switch# copy system:running-config ftp://netadmin1:mypass@172.16.101.101/switch2-confg
Write file switch2-confg on host 172.16.101.101?[confirm]
Building configuration...[OK]
Connected to 172.16.101.101
Switch#
This example shows how to store a startup configuration file on a server by using FTP to copy the file:
Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# ip ftp username netadmin2
Switch(config)# ip ftp password mypass
Switch(config)# end
Switch# copy nvram:startup-config ftp:
Remote host[]? 172.16.101.101
Name of configuration file to write [switch2-confg]?
Write file switch2-confg on host 172.16.101.101?[confirm]
![OK]
Copying Configuration Files By Using RCP
The RCP provides another method of downloading, uploading, and copying configuration files between remote
hosts and the switch. Unlike TFTP, which uses User Datagram Protocol (UDP), a connectionless protocol,
RCP uses TCP, which is connection-oriented.
To use RCP to copy files, the server from or to which you will be copying files must support RCP. The RCP
copy commands rely on the rsh server (or daemon) on the remote system. To copy files by using RCP, you
do not need to create a server for file distribution as you do with TFTP. You only need to have access to a
server that supports the remote shell (rsh). (Most UNIX systems support rsh.) Because you are copying a file
from one place to another, you must have read permission on the source file and write permission on the
destination file. If the destination file does not exist, RCP creates it for you.
The RCP requires a client to send a remote username with each RCP request to a server. When you copy a
configuration file from the switch to a server, the Cisco IOS software sends the first valid username inthis
list:
•
The username specified in the copy command if a username is specified.
•
The username set by the ip rcmd remote-username username global configuration command if the
command is configured.
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