Reference Guide

142 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference
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configUpload
Do not manually edit a configuration or a vf-conf.xx file after uploading the file and before downloading the file to a
switch. Manual editing bypasses sanity checks for some configuration parameters and results in unpredictable
system behavior.
Operands This command has the following operands:
-p ftp | -ftp or -p scp | -scp or -p sftp | -sftp
Specifies the data transmission protocol as either file transfer protocol (FTP), secure copy
protocol (SCP), or secure FTP (SFTP). If no protocol is specified, the protocol defaults to
FTP.
-cra
Enables Challenge Response Authentication (CRA). CRA is supported only with the SCP
protocol.
-vf
Uploads the Virtual fabric configuration to a file. You must specify a filename when
uploading this file. It is recommended to name this file vf-conf_xx.txt (where xx indicates the
platform ID) to distinguish this file from the system configuration (config.txt). Use
switchShow to determine the platform ID of the system. The platform ID in the header of
the configuration file is the same as the first two digits of the switchType parameter in the
switchShow output. You cannot use the -vf option with any of the regular configuration
upload options (-fid, -chassis, -all).
-fid FID
Uploads switch configuration data from a logical switch specified by its fabric ID. This
parameter is valid only in a Virtual Fabric environment and requires chassis permissions.
-chassis
Uploads chassis configuration only.
-all
Uploads all system configuration data including chassis and switch configuration for all
logical switches.
-switch
Uploads the switch configuration only. This operand is not valid in VF mode.
-map
Uploads the port-to-area addressing mode configuration files.
"host"
Specifies the name or the IP address of the external host to which to upload the
configuration. To be able to mention the FTP server by name, you need to set up one or
more DNS servers with dnsConfig. Quotation marks are optional.
"user"
Specifies the login name for the external host. Quotation marks are optional.