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● To copy a file from the internal FLASH, enter flash:// then the filename.
● To copy the running configuration, enter the keywords running-config.
● To copy the startup configuration, enter the keywords startup-config.
● To copy a file on the external FLASH, enter usbflash:// then the filename.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes All Modes
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Usage
Information
The Dell Networking OS supports a maximum of 100 files, at the root directory level, on both the internal
and external Flash.
The usbflash commands are supported. For a list of approved USB vendors, refer to the Dell
Networking OS Release Notes.
When copying a file to a remote location (for example, using Secure Copy [SCP]), enter only the
keywords and Dell Networking OS prompts you for the rest of the information.
NOTE: Dell Networking OS imposes a length limit on the password you create for performing the
secure copy operation. Your password can be no longer than 32 characters.
For example, when using SCP, you can enter the copy running-config scp: command. The
running-config is the source and the target is specified in the ensuing prompts. Dell Networking
OS prompts you to enter any required information, as needed for the named destination — remote
destination, destination filename, user ID and password, and so forth.
When you use the copy running-config startup-config command to copy the running
configuration to the startup configuration file, Dell Networking OS creates a backup file on the internal
flash of the startup configuration.
When you load the startup configuration or a configuration file from a network server such as TFTP to
the running configuration, the configuration is added to the running configuration. This does not replace
the existing running configuration. Commands in the configuration file has precedence over commands in
the running configuration.
The Dell Networking OS supports copying the running-configuration to a TFTP server or to an FTP
server:
● copy running-config tftp:
● copy running-config ftp:
NOTE:
Dell Networking OS imposes a length limit on the password you create for accessing the FTP
server. Your password can be no longer than 32 characters.
In the copy scp: flash: example, specifying SCP in the first position indicates that the target to
specify in the ensuing prompts. Entering flash: in the second position means that the target is the
internal Flash. In this example, the source is on a secure server running SSH, so you are prompted for the
UDP port of the SSH server on the remote host.
Example
(running-config
scp:)
Dell#copy running-config scp:
Address or name of remote host []: 10.10.10.1
Port number of the server [22]: 99
Destination file name [startup-config]: old_running
User name to login remote host: sburgess
Password to login remote host:
Password to login remote host? dilling
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