Users Guide

Configuration Cloning

Configuration Cloning enables you to clone the configuration from one aggregator to one or more aggregators. You can identify the source

aggregator where running configuration is check-pointed, extracted and downloaded to the target aggregator for further use. The target

aggregator checks the compatibilities of the cloning file based on the version, mode and optional modules. The target aggregator further

takes care of the conflicting configurations and appropriately proceeds with the application of the cloning configuration. Select the source

or target aggregator and run the CLI commands to achieve the cloning operation and verify the CLI output to check the status of the

command execution. By default, the aggregator is enabled with SCP server, so that you can make necessary transfers of cloning

configuration file. You can also confirm the configuration status of server using the

show ip ssh command before proceeding to file

transfer. The aggregator takes care of the conflicting configurations between the source aggregator and target aggregator and

appropriately informs you to perform the necessary action.

To configure a cloning operation on an aggregator, follow these general configuration steps:

1 Create the cloning configuration in the source aggregator.

clone-config create [file-name filename][output xml]

Dell#clone-config create filename standalone_combo_card

SUCCESS:Cloning configuration created successfully(13)

Dell#

2 Check the cloning configuration file compatibility with the current configurations on the target aggregator. The command expects

the file specified in the command to be already present in local file system (flash:).

clone-config check [file-name filename][output xml]

WARNING:Release Patch version mismatch(20);

Release time mismatch(21);

Release size mismatch(22);

FC ports have to be reconfigured to Ethernet ports.(28)

NumRebootsRequired : 1

3 Add the command usage in the target aggregator.

clone-config apply [file-name filename][output xml]

Dell#clone-config apply filename standalone_combo_card

Jul 23 15:08:11: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CFGCLONING-1-CFGCLONING_INFO_RELOAD: Reloading device to

apply cloning configuration

Jul 23 15:08:11: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CHMGR-5-RELOAD: User request to reload the chassis

By default, if the filename is not specified in CLI, the file used for the cloning operation iscloning-config.

Cloning Configuration Output Status

If you specify the XML option in the CLI, the output of the CLI commands is displayed in XML format.

The output includes the following parameters:

• Cloning state displays one of the following status:

• Success

• Warning

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