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Table 3. Forming a copy Command (continued)
Location source-file-url Syntax destination-file-url Syntax
For a remote file location:
TFTP server
copy tftp://{hostip |
hostname}/filepath/ filename
tftp://{hostip | hostname}/
filepath/filename
For a remote file location:
SCP server
copy scp://{hostip |
hostname}/filepath/ filename
scp://{hostip | hostname}/
filepath/filename
Important Points to Remember
● You may not copy a file from one remote system to another.
● You may not copy a file from one location to the same location.
● When copying to a server, you can only use a hostname if you configured a domain name server (DNS) server.
NOTE: If all of the following conditions are true, the Portmode Hybrid configuration is not applied, because of the
configuration process for server ports as switch ports by default:
● The running configuration is saved in flash.
● The startup configuration is deleted.
● The switch is reloaded.
● The saved configuration is copied to the running configuration.
To avoid this scenario, delete the switch port configuration from the running configuration before copying the saved
configuration to the running configuration.
The bold flash shows the local location and the bold ftp shows the remote location.
Example of Copying a File to an FTP Server
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
Example of Importing a File to the Local System
core1#$//copy ftp://myusername:mypassword@10.10.10.10//FTOS/
FTOS-EF-8.2.1.0.bin flash://
Destination file name [FTOS-EF-8.2.1.0.bin.bin]:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
26292881 bytes successfully copied
Save the Running-Configuration
The running-configuration contains the current system configuration. Dell Networking recommends coping your running-
configuration to the startup-configuration.
The system uses the startup-configuration during boot-up to configure the system. The startup-configuration is stored in the
internal flash on the IOM by default, but you can save it to a USB flash device or a remote server.
The commands in this section follow the same format as those commands in the Copy Files to and from the System section but
use the filenames startup-config and running-config. These commands assume that current directory is the internal flash, which
is the system default.
● Save the running-config to the startup-configuration on the internal flash.
EXEC Privilege mode
copy running-config startup-config
● Save the running-configuration on the IOM.
EXEC Privilege mode
copy running-config usbflash://filename
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