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0 is to input the password in clear text.
5 is to input a password that is already encrypted using MD5 encryption method. Obtain the encrypted password
from the configuration file of another device.
7 is to input a password that is already encrypted using DES encryption method. Obtain the encrypted password from
the configuration file of another device.
8 is to input a password that is already encrypted using sha256-based encryption method. Obtain the encrypted
password from the configuration file of another device.
Configuration File Management
Files can be stored on and accessed from various storage media. Rename, delete, and copy files on the system from EXEC
Privilege mode.
Managing the File System
The Dell EMC Networking system can use the internal Flash, external Flash, or remote devices to store files.
The system stores files on the internal Flash by default but can be configured to store files elsewhere.
To view file system information, use the following command.
View information about each file system.
EXEC Privilege mode
show file-systems
The output of the show file-systems command in the following example shows the total capacity, amount of free memory,
file structure, media type, read/write privileges for each storage device in use.
DellEMC#show file-systems
Size(b) Free(b) Feature Type Flags Prefixes
520962048 213778432 dosFs2.0 USERFLASH rw flash:
127772672 21936128 dosFs2.0 USERFLASH rw slot0:
- - - network rw ftp:
- - - network rw tftp:
- - - network rw scp:
You can change the default file system so that file management commands apply to a particular device or memory.
To change the default directory, use the following command.
Change the default directory.
EXEC Privilege mode
cd directory
Copy Files to and from the System
The command syntax for copying files 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 EMC Networking OS Command Reference.
To copy a local file to a remote system, combine the file-origin syntax for a local file location with the file-destination syntax
for a remote file location.
To copy a remote file to Dell EMC Networking system, combine the file-origin syntax for a remote file location with the
file-destination syntax for a local file location.
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