Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) Manual
Maintaining Configurations and Firmware
● Creating a configuration backup file................................................................................79
● Restoring a configuration................................................................................................ 80
● Admin Domain configuration maintenance..................................................................... 81
● Uploading and downloading from USB storage.............................................................. 82
● Performing a firmware download.................................................................................... 82
Creating a configuration backup file
Keep a backup copy of the configuration file in case the configuration is lost or unintentional changes
are made. You should keep individual backup files for all switches in the fabric. You should avoid
copying configurations from one switch to another.
If you upload from a network, enter the host name or IP address in the Host Name or IP field, the user
ID and password required for access to the host in the User Name and Password fields, and select the
Protocol Type used for the upload. The default is FTP. If you select "Secure Copy Protocol (SCP)" or
"Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)", you cannot specify "anonymous" in the User Name field.
An info link is enabled when USB is chosen as the source of the configuration file. If you click on info ,
an information message displays as shown in the following figure.
FIGURE 12 Information dialog box
To create a configuration backup file, perform the following task.
1. Select Configure > Switch Admin.
The Switch Administration window displays.
2. Select Show Advanced Mode.
3. Select the Configure tab.
4. Select the Upload/Download tab.
By default, Config Upload is chosen under Function, and Network is chosen as the source of the
configuration file.
5. Enter the configuration file with a fully-qualified path, or select the configuration file name in the
Configuration File Name field.
The default path for Windows is Folder Name\FileName.txt or FileName.txt
The default path for Linux is Directory Name\FileName.txt or FileName.txt.
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