
Configuration file handling task list
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IPLink Software Configuration Guide
7 • Configuration file handling
TFTP server, where it can be distributed to other IPLink devices. These devices therefore get clones of the
starting system if the configuration does not need any modifications.
Replacing the startup configuration with a configuration downloaded from
TFTP server
From within the administration execution mode, you can replace the startup-configuration by downloading a
configuration from the TFTP server into the flash memory area where to store the startup configuration.
Mode:
Administrator execution
Example:
Sample configuration download from the TFTP server
The following example shows how to replace the persistent startup configuration in the flash memory of an
IPLink by overwriting it with the configuration contained in the file new-startup located on the TFTP server at
IP address 172.16.36.80.
1. Download the startup configuration with the
copy
command into the flash memory area where to store
the startup configuration.
IPLink>enable
IPLink#configure
IPLink(cfg)#copy tftp://172.16.36.80/user/new-startup nvram:startup-config
Download...100%
IPLink(cfg)#
2. Check the content of the persistent startup configuration by listing its command settings with the
show
command.
Step
Command
Purpose
1
node(cfg)# copy tftp://
ip-address[:port]/
new-startup
nvram:startup-config
Downloads the configuration file
new-startup
from
the TFTP server at address
ip-address
replacing the
existing persistent startup configuration. Optionally
you can enter the UDP
port
where the TFTP server lis-
tens. If the port is not specified, the default port 69 is
used. This progress is visualized with a counter,
counting up from 0 to 100% according to the down-
loaded amount of the file size. Should the download
fail, an error message
% File Transfer - Get failed
is
displayed.