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File Transfers
Transferring Switch Configurations
USB: Copying a Configuration File to a USB Device
To use this method, a USB flash memory device must be connected to the
switch’s USB port.
For example, to copy the startup configuration file to a USB flash drive:
1.
Insert a USB device into the switch’s USB port.
2.
Execute the following command:
where
procurve-config
is the name given to the configuration file that
is copied from the switch to the USB device.
USB: Copying a Configuration File from a USB Device
To use this method, the switch must be connected via the USB port to a USB
flash drive on which is stored the configuration file you want to copy. To
execute the command, you will need to know the name of the file to copy.
For example, to copy a configuration file from a USB device to the switch:
1.
Insert a USB device into the switch’s USB port.
2.
Execute the following command:
where
procurve-config
is the name of the file to copy.
3.
At the prompt, press
[Enter]
to reboot the switch and implement the newly
downloaded software.
Syntax:
copy startup-config usb < filename>
copy running-config usb < filename >
Uses the USB port to copy a designated configuration file from
the switch to a USB flash memory device. For more on multiple
configuration files, refer to “Multiple Configuration Files” on
page 6-26.
Syntax:
copy usb startup-config < filename >
Copies a configuration file from a USB device to the startup
configuration file on the switch.
Procurve# copy startup-config usb procurve-config
Procurve# copy usb startup-config procurve-config
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