Downloading a configuration file from a remote TFTP host

Downloading a configuration file from a remote TFTP host

To download a configuration file from a remote TFTP host through the out-of-band management interface, do one of the following:

Prerequisites

Before you download a configuration file from a remote TFTP host, you must insure that the switch has the following:

  • An empty memory slot.

  • A separate out-of-band management port, if the traffic is being transmitted through the out-of-band management interface.

Procedure
  1. Use the copy tftp config <dest-file> <ip-addr> <remote-file> pc oobm command to download a configuration file from a remote TFTP PC host.
  2. Use the copy tftp config <dest-file> <ip-addr> <remote-file> UNIX oobm command to download a configuration file from a remote TFTP UNIX host.

To download a configuration file from a remote TFTP host through the data interface, do one of the following:

  • Use the copy tftp config <dest-file> <ip-addr> <remote-file> pc command to download a configuration file from a remote TFTP PC host.

  • Use the copy tftp config <dest-file> <ip-addr> <remote-file> UNIX command to download a configuration file from a remote TFTP UNIX host.

For more on using TFTP to download a file from a remote host, see "TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host" in Appendix A of the Management and Configuration Guide for your switch.

Example

The following command downloads a startup-config file named test01.txt from a (UNIX) TFTP server at IP address 10.10.28.14 to the first empty memory slot in the switch: 

switch(config)# copy tftp config test-01 10.10.28.14 test-01.txt unix