Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series, Software Configuration Manual

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Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Appendix 1 Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with Configuration Files
Uploading the Configuration File By Using TFTP
To upload a configuration file from a switch to a TFTP server for storage, follow these steps:
Step 1 Verify that the TFTP server is properly configured by referring to the “Preparing to Download or Upload
a Configuration File By Using TFTP” section on page 1-11 .
Step 2
Log into the switch through the console port, the Ethernet management port, or a Telnet session.
Step 3 Upload the switch configuration to the TFTP server. Specify the IP address or hostname of the TFTP
server and the destination filename.
Use one of these privileged EXEC commands:
•
copy system:running-config tftp: [[[ // location ] / directory ] / filename ]
•
copy nvram:startup-config tftp: [[[ // location ] / directory ] / filename ]
• copy flash [ n ] :/ directory /startup-config tftp: [[[ // location ] / directory ] / filename ]
Note You can only enter the flash n parameter (for example, flash3 ) on Catalyst 3750-E switches.
The file is uploaded to the TFTP server.
This example shows how to upload a configuration file from a switch to a TFTP server:
Switch# copy system:running-config tftp://172.16.2.155/tokyo-confg
Write file tokyo-confg on host 172.16.2.155? [confirm] y
#
Writing tokyo-confg!!! [OK]
Copying Configuration Files By Using FTP
You can copy configuration files to or from an FTP server.
The FTP protocol requires a client to send a remote username and password on each FTP request to a
server. When you copy a configuration file from the switch to a server by using FTP, the Cisco IOS
software sends the first valid username in this list:
• The username specified in the copy command if a username is specified.
•
The username set by the ip ftp username username global configuration command if the command
is configured.
•
Anonymous.
The switch sends the first valid password in this list:
• The password specified in the copy command if a password is specified.
•
The password set by the ip ftp password password global configuration command if the command
is configured.
• The switch forms a password named username@switchname.domain . The variable username is the
username associated with the current session, switchname is the configured hostname, and domain
is the domain of the switch.