Cisco MDS 9000 Series Command Reference

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 4 C Commands
copy
The following example copies a file from the current directory level.
switch# copy samplefile mystorage/samplefile
If the current directory is slot0:mydir, this command copies slot0:mydir/samplefile to
slot0:mydir/mystorage/samplefile.
The following example downloads a configuration file from an external CompactFlash to the running
configuration.
switch copy slot0:dns-config.cfg system:running-config
The following example saves a running configuration file to an external CompactFlash.
switch# copy system:running-config slot0:dns-config.cfg
The following example saves a startup configuration file to an external CompactFlash.
switch# copy system:startup-config slot0:dns-config.cfg
The following example uses CFS to cause all switches in the fabric to copy their running configuration
(source) file to their startup configuration (destination) file.
switch# copy running-config startup-config fabric
[########################################] 100%
switch#
Note If any remote switch fails to complete the copy running-config startup-config fabric process, the
initiator switch also does not complete saving its startup-configuration. This means, both the remote
switch and the initiator switch have failed to save their startup-configuration (the old
startup-configuration reverts back). All the other switches in the network would have succeeded.
The following example creates a backup copy of the binary configuration.
switch# copy nvram:startup-config nvram:snapshot-config
The following example copies an image in bootflash on the active supervisor to the bootflash on the
standby supervisor.
switch# copy bootflash:myimage bootflash://sup-2/myimage
The following example creates a running configuration copy in bootflash.
switch# copy system:running-config bootflash:my-config
The following examples creates a startup configuration copy in bootflash.
switch# copy nvram:startup-config bootflash:my-config
Related Commands Command Description
cd Changes the default directory or file system.
dir Displays a list of files on a file system.
reload Reloads the operating system.
show version Displays the version of the running configuration file.

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available