Dell PowerEdge M420 Administrator's Manual page 55

"file"
Examples To download the switch configuration file interactively to the current logical switch from a local
directory (no chassis permissions):
To download the switch configuration data to the current logical switch from an external FTP server
(no chassis permissions):
To download all system configuration data for the chassis and all logical switches (requires chassis
permissions):
To download the switch configurations to a logical switch with FID 8 from an attached USB device
(requires chassis permissions):
To download the switch configurations belonging to a logical switch with FID 4 to a logical switch
with FID 8 from an attached USB device (requires chassis permissions):
To download the Virtual Fabric configuration file using FTP:
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A file name in quotation marks, for example, "config.txt". This parameter can
be used only with the -local or -USB option, each of which retrieves files from
a predetermined directory on the local chassis or on an attached USB device.
Therefore, subdirectories and absolute path names are not permitted.
switch:admin> configdownload
Protocol (scp, ftp, local) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 192.168.163.233
User Name [user]: admin
Path/Filename [<home dir>/config.txt]:
Section (all|chassis|FID# [all]):
This command is used to download a backed-up configuration
for a specific switch.
switch, this file's configuration
any current switch settings.
file, which was uploaded
may cause this switch to fail.
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:
Activating configDownload: Switch is disabled
configDownload complete: All config parameters are downloaded
switch:admin> configdownload -ftp 192.168.38.245,jdoe,config.txt,password
switch:admin> configdownload -all -ftp 192.168.38.245,jdoe,config.txt,password
switch:admin> configdownload -fid 8 -USB config.txt
switch:admin> configdownload -fid 8 -sfid 4 -USB config_fid8.txt
switch:admin> configdownload -vf -p ftp 10.32.248.119,jdoe,/temp/switch-conf_66.txt,mypassword
*** CAUTION ***
If using a file from a
settings will
Downloading a configuration
from a different type of switch,
A switch reboot might be
configDownload
different
override
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