Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Configuration Management for Virtual Fabrics
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3. Run configDefault on each of the target switches, and then use the configDownload command
to download the configuration file to each of the target switches. See “Configuration file
restoration” on page 167 for more information.
Security considerations
Security parameters and the switch's identity cannot be changed by the configDownload
command. Parameters such as the switch name and IP address (lines in the configuration file that
begin with “boot”) are ignored. Security parameters (lines in the configuration file that begin with
“sec”), such as secure mode setting and version stamp, are ignored.
For more detailed information on security, see Chapter 6, “Configuring Standard Security
Features”.
Configuration Management for Virtual Fabrics
You can use the configUpload -vf or configDownload -vf command to restore configurations to a
logical switch. The -vf option only restores the Virtual Fabrics configuration information on to a
switch of the same model.
The Virtual Fabric configuration on the switch defines all of the logical switches allowed and
configured for a particular platform.
Uploading a config file from a switch with Virtual Fabrics enabled
The configUpload command with the -vf option specifies that configuration upload will upload the
Virtual Fabric configuration only instead of the regular configuration information.
You must specify a filename with the configUpload -vf command. It is recommended not to use
config.txt for a filename as this can easily be confused with a normal uploaded configuration file.
Example of a configUpload on a switch with Virtual Fabrics
Sprint5100:FID128:admin> configupload
Protocol (scp, ftp, local) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 10.1.2.3
User Name [user]: UserFoo
Path/Filename [<home dir>/config.txt]: 5100.txt
Potentially remote file may get overwritten
Section (all|chassis|FID# [all]):
Password: <hidden>
configUpload complete: All selected config parameters are uploaded
Example of a configUpload of a logical switch
DCX_80:FID128:admin> configupload -vf
Protocol (scp, ftp, local) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 10.1.2.3
User Name [user]: anonymous
Path/Filename [<home dir>/config.txt]: