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Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
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Chapter 41 Managing Software, Licenses, and Configurations
Downloading Software or Configuration Files to Flash Memory
Note To successfully copy ASDM Version 6.0(1) to Flash memory, you must be running Version 8.0.
To configure the security appliance to use a specific configuration as the startup configuration, see the
“Configuring the File to Boot as the Startup Configuration” section on page 41-6 .
For multiple context mode, you must be in the system execution space.
To download a file to Flash memory, see the following commands for each download server type:
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To copy from a TFTP server, enter the following command:
hostname# copy tftp:// server [ / path ] / filename { flash:/ | disk0:/ |
disk1:/ }[ path / ] filename
The flash:/ keyword represents the internal Flash memory on the PIX 500 series security appliance.
You can enter flash:/ or disk0:/ for the internal Flash memory on the ASA 5500 series adaptive
security appliance. The disk1:/ keyword represents the external Flash memory on the ASA.
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To copy from an FTP server, enter the following command:
hostname# copy ftp:// [ user [ : password ] @ ] server [ / path ] / filename { flash:/ | disk0:/ |
disk1:/ }[ path / ] filename
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To copy from an HTTP or HTTPS server, enter the following command:
hostname# copy http [ s ] :// [ user [ : password ] @ ] server [ : port ][ / path ] / filename { flash:/ |
disk0:/ | disk1:/ }[ path / ] filename
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To use secure copy, first enable SSH, then enter the following command:
hostname# ssh scopy enable
Then from a Linux client enter the following command:
scp -v -pw password filename username @ asa_address
The -v is for verbose, and if -pw is not specified you will be prompted for a password.
Downloading a File to the Startup or Running Configuration
You can download a text file to the running or startup configuration from a TFTP, FTP, or HTTP(S)
server, or from the Flash memory.
To copy a file to the startup configuration or running configuration, enter one of the following commands
for the appropriate download server.
Note
When you copy a configuration to the running configuration, you merge the two configurations. A merge
adds any new commands from the new configuration to the running configuration. If the configurations
are the same, no changes occur. If commands conflict or if commands affect the running of the context,
then the effect of the merge depends on the command. You might get errors, or you might have
unexpected results.
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To copy from a TFTP server, enter the following command:
hostname# copy tftp:// server [ / path ] / filename { startup-config | running-config }
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To copy from an FTP server, enter the following command: