USB: Uploading an ACL command file from a USB device (CLI)

copy usb command-file <filename.txt> <unix | pc>

Copies and executes the named text file from a USB flash drive and executes the ACL commands in the file.

<filename.txt>	A text file containing ACL commands and stored in the USB flash drive
<unix | pc>	The type of workstation used to create the text file.

Depending on the ACL commands used, this action does one of the following in the running-config file:

• Creates a new ACL.

• Replaces an existing ACL. (See "Creating an ACL Offline" in the "Access Control Lists (ACLs)" chapter in the latest Access Security Guide for your switch.)

• Adds to an existing ACL.

Suppose you:

1. Created an ACL command file named vlan10_in.txt to update an existing ACL.

2. Copied the file to a USB flash drive.

Using a PC workstation, you then execute the following from the CLI to upload the file to the switch and implement the ACL commands it contains:

HP Switch(config)# copy usb command-file vlan10_in.txt pc

The switch displays this message:

Running configuration may change, do you want to continue
[y/n]?

To continue with the upload, press the [Y] key. To abort the upload, press the [N] key. Note that if the switch detects an illegal (non-ACL) command in the file, it bypasses the illegal command, displays a notice (as in the tftp Example: shown in Using the copy command to download and configure an ACL), and continues to implement the remaining ACL commands in the file.