Reference Guide

132 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference
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configDownload
Diagnostics
The configuration download may fail for one or more of the following reasons:
• The switch has not been disabled. Disabling the switch is not necessary for configuration files containing only
certain SNMP or MAPS parameters. You can run configDownload first without disabling the switch, and if
there is at least one changed parameter outside of SNMP or MAPS, you are prompted to disable the switch
before proceeding.
• The host name is not known to the switch.
• The host IP address cannot be contacted.
• You do not have permission on the host.
• You are running a script that prints something at login.
• The file does not exist on the host.
• The file is not a switch configuration file.
• The FTP server is not running on the host.
• The configuration file contains errors.
• The configuration file's logical switch definitions do not match the definitions on the target switch.
Examples To download the switch configuration file interactively to the current logical switch from a local directory (no chassis
permissions):
switch:admin> configdownload
Protocol (scp, ftp, sftp, local) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 192.168.163.233
User Name [user]: admin
Path/Filename [<home dir>/config.txt]:
Section (all|chassis|FID# [all]):
*** CAUTION ***
This command is used to download a backed-up configuration
for a specific switch. If using a file from a different
switch, this file's configuration settings will override
any current switch settings. Downloading a configuration
file, which was uploaded from a different type of switch,
may cause the switch to fail.
A switch reboot is required for the changes to take effect.
Please make sure all the switches are disabled by
using chassisdisable command. Downloading configuration
to an online switch may result in some configuration not
being downloaded to that switch.
configDownload operation may take several minutes
to complete for large files.
Do you want to continue [y/n]: y
Password: *******
Activating configDownload: Switch is disabled
configDownload complete: All config parameters are downloaded
To download the switch configuration data to the current logical switch from an external FTP server (no chassis
permissions):
switch:admin> configdownload -ftp 192.168.38.245, \
jdoe,config.txt,password