Concept Guide

Copy Files to and from the System
The command syntax for copying les is similar to UNIX. The copy command uses the format copy source-file-url
destination-file-url.
NOTE: For a detailed description of the copy command, refer to the Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide .
• To copy a local le to a remote system, combine the file-origin syntax for a local le location with the file-destination
syntax for a remote le location.
• To copy a remote le to Dell Networking system, combine the file-origin syntax for a remote le location with the file-
destination syntax for a local le location.
Table 3. Forming a copy Command
Location source-le-url Syntax destination-le-url Syntax
Internal ash: flash
copy flash://filename flash://filename
USB ash: usbflash
usbflash://filename usbflash://filename
For a remote le location:
FTP server
copy ftp://
username:password@{hostip |
hostname}/filepath/filename
ftp://username:password@{hostip
| hostname}/ filepath/filename
For a remote le location:
TFTP server
copy tftp://{hostip |
hostname}/filepath/ filename
tftp://{hostip | hostname}/
filepath/filename
For a remote le location:
SCP server
copy scp://{hostip | hostname}/
filepath/ filename
scp://{hostip | hostname}/
filepath/filename
Important Points to Remember
• You may not copy a le from one remote system to another.
• You may not copy a le from one location to the same location.
• When copying to a server, you can only use a hostname if you congured a domain name server (DNS) server.
NOTE
: If all of the following conditions are true, the Portmode Hybrid conguration is not applied, because of the conguration
process for server ports as switch ports by default:
• The running conguration is saved in ash.
• The startup conguration is deleted.
• The switch is reloaded.
• The saved conguration is copied to the running conguration.
To avoid this scenario, delete the switch port conguration from the running conguration before copying the saved conguration to
the running conguration.
Example of Copying a File to an FTP Server
The bold ash shows the local location and the bold ftp shows the remote location.
Dell#copy flash://FTOS-EF-8.2.1.0.bin ftp://myusername:mypassword@10.10.10.10/
/FTOS/FTOS-EF-8.2.1.0
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
27952672 bytes successfully copied
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