Quick Reference Guide

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Use the copy source-url running-config command to load a ’configuration file’ from a network
server to the device ’running configuration’. The configuration is added to the ’running
configuration’ as if the commands were typed in the command-line interface (CLI). The
resulting configuration file is a combination of the previous ’running configuration’ and the
loaded ’configuration file", with the loaded "configuration file’ having precedence.
Copying a Configuration File from a Server to the Startup Configuration
Use the copy source-url startup-config command to copy a "configuration file" from a network
server to the device ’startup configuration’. These commands replace the startup configuration
file with the copied configuration file.
Storing the Running or Startup Configuration on a Server
Use the copy running-config destination-url command to copy the current configuration file to
a network server using TFTP. Use the copy
startup-config destination-url command to copy
the ’startup configuration’ file to a network server.
The configuration file copy can serve as a backup copy.
Saving the Running Configuration to the Startup Configuration
Use the copy running-config startup-config command to copy the ’running configuration’ to
the ’startup configuration’.
Backup the Running Configuration or Startup Configuration to a Backup Configuration
file
Use the copy running-config flash: //FILE_NAME to backup the running configuration to the
backup configuration file. Use the
copy startup-config flash: //FILE_NAME command to
backup the startup configuration to the backup configuration file.
Example
The following example copies a system image named file1 from the TFTP server with an IP
address of 172.16.101.101 to non active image file.
console# copy tftp://172.16.101.101/file1 image
Accessing file 'file1' on 172.16.101.101...
Loading file1 from 172.16.101.101:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [OK]
Copy took 0:01:11 [hh:mm:ss]