HP SN3000B

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 185
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Configurations across a fabric
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Section (all|chassis|FID# [all]): all
*** CAUTION ***
This command is used to download a backed-up configuration
for a specific switch. If using a file from a different
switch, this file's configuration settings will override
any current switch settings. Downloading a configuration
file, which was uploaded from a different type of switch,
may cause this switch to fail. A switch reboot might be
required for some parameter changes to take effect.
configDownload operation may take several minutes
to complete for large files.
Do you want to continue [y/n]: y
Password: <hidden>
configDownload complete.
Example of configDownload with Admin Domains
switch:AD5:admin>configdownload
Protocol (scp or ftp) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 10.1.2.3
User Name [user]: UserFoo
Path/Filename [<home dir>/config.txt]: /pub/configurations/config.txt
*** CAUTION ***
This command is used to download a backed-up configuration
for a specific switch. If using a file from a different
switch, this file's configuration settings will override
any current switch settings. Downloading a configuration
file, which was uploaded from a different type of switch,
may cause this switch to fail. A switch reboot might be
required for some parameter changes to take effect.
configDownload operation may take several minutes
to complete for large files.
Do you want to continue [y/n]: y
Password: <hidden>
Activating configDownload: Switch is disabled
configDownload complete: Only zoning parameters are downloaded to ad5.
Example of a non-interactive download of all configurations (chassis + switches)
configdownload -a -ftp
10.1.2.3,UserFoo,/pub/configurations/config.txt,password
Configurations across a fabric
To save time when configuring fabric parameters and software features, you can save a
configuration file from one switch and download it to other switches of the same model type, as
shown in the following procedure.