Quick Reference Guide

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Important Points to Remember — Files
• Beginning with SFTOS Version 2.3, when you save the running-config to the startup-config file, the
startup-config is converted to text, if it is not already. Upgrading the software to Version 2.3 or above
automatically invokes a conversion of the binary configuration file to text. The conversion also
includes updating configuration statements to statements that conform to the current version.
• While you cannot cut and paste the configuration file, you can cut and paste output from the
show
running-config (show run) command into a text file, and paste it in through Telnet or console.
For a sample of the output, see the
show running-config command in the SFTOS Command Reference
Guide, or see Displaying VLAN Information on page 233
in this guide.
Downloading and Uploading Files
Use the copy command (in Privileged Exec mode) to download or upload various files using TFTP or
Xmodem. The following files can be uploaded from the switch:
• CLI banner (
copy nvram:clibanner)
• Event log (
nvram:errorlog): This log is also called the persistent log. For details on the log, see Using
the Persistent Event Log on page 105.
• System log (
nvram:log): This log is also called the buffered log or message log. For details on the log,
see Displaying the System Log on page 103.
• configuration script (
nvram:script scriptname)
• startup configuration file (nvram:startup-config)
• trap log (
nvram:traplog): For details on the log, see Displaying the SNMP Trap Log on page 106.
When using TFTP, the following example command shows the format for uploading from the switch.
Enter:
copy nvram:startup-config tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename
In place of tftp_server_ip_address, specify a URL for the TFTP destination. An example of path/filename is
s50/clibanner.txt. See also Managing the Configuration on page 56.
If you use Xmodem instead, the syntax is
xmodem:path/filename .
Using TFTP, the following commands download files to the switch:
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:startup-config
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename system:image (previous to SFTOS 2.5.1)
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename {image1 | image2} (starting with SFTOS 2.5.1)
(For details on downloading SFTOS, see
Installing System Software on page 50.)
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:script
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:sslpem-root
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:sslpem-server
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:sslpem-dhweak
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:sslpem-dhstrong
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:sshkey-rsa1
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:sshkey-rsa2
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:sshkey-dsa
copy tftp://tftp_server_ip_address/path/filename nvram:clibanner
For example: #copy tftp://192.168.0.10/dsa.key nvram:sshkey-dsa