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Usage Guidelines
Use this command to save back-up copies of the configuration file to an FTP or TFTP server, or to load a saved
file from an FTP or TFTP server.
Three partitions reside on the file system flash. Totalling 256MB, the three partitions provide space to hold the
system image files (in partitions 1 and 2 which are 45MB each) and user files (in partition 3, which is 165MB).
System software runs on the system partitions; the database, DHCP, startup configuration, and logs are
positioned on the user partition.
To restore a database, copy the database from the network server and import the database.
To restore a configuration file, copy the file from network server to the controller’s flash system then copy the file
from the flash system to the system configuration. This ensures that you do not accidentally overwrite your
system startup configuration file.
Example
The following commands copy the configuration file named engineering from the TFTP server to the controller’s
flash file system and then uses that file as the startup configuration. This example assumes the startup
configuration file is named default.cfg:
(host) (config) #copy tftp: 192.0.2.0 engineering flash: default.bak
copy flash: default.bak flash: default.cfg
Command History
This command was introduced in ArubaOS 1.0.
Command Information
tftphost Specify the IP address or hostname of the TFTP server.
system: Copy the specified system partition
srcpartition Disk partition from which to copy the system data, as either 0 or 1.
destpartition Disk partition to copy the system data to, as either 0 or 1.
tftp: Copy a file from the specified TFTP server to either the controller or another destination. This
command is typically used when performing a system restoration, or to pull a specified file
name into the wms database.
tftphost Specify the IP address or hostname of the TFTP server.
filename Full name of the file to be copied.
flash: Copy the file to the flash file system
destfilename Specify the new name of the copied file.
system Copy the file to the system partition.
Platforms Licensing Command Mode
All platforms Base operating system Enable and Config modes on master controllers
Parameter Description