Administrator Guide

When you use the copy running-config startup-config command to copy the running configuration
to the startup configuration file, Dell Networking OS creates a backup file on the internal flash of the startup
configuration.
When you load the startup configuration or a configuration file from a network server such as TFTP to the running
configuration, the configuration is added to the running configuration. This does not replace the existing running
configuration. Commands in the configuration file has precedence over commands in the running configuration.
Dell Networking OS supports copying the running-configuration to a TFTP server, an FTP server, or a remote NFS
file system. For example:
• copy running-config tftp:
•
copy running-config ftp:
• copy running-config nfsmount://<mount-point>/filepath
You can compress the running configuration by grouping all the VLANs and the physical interfaces with the same
property. Support to store the operating configuration to the startup config in the compressed mode and to
perform an image downgrade without any configuration loss are provided.
Two existing exec mode CLIs, show running-config compressed and write memory compressed
are enhanced to display and store the running configuration in the compressed mode.
From the PE console, you can copy a file to another location using the copy flash: source-filename
destination-filename. Similarly, you can use the copy usbflash: source-filename
destination-filename command to copy a file from the external USB flash to another location.
Example
In the following copy scp: flash: example, SCP in the first position indicates that the target is to be
specified in the ensuing prompts. Entering flash: in the second position indicates that the target is the internal
Flash. The source is on a secure server running SSH, so you are prompted for the user datagram protocol (UDP)
port of the SSH server on the remote host.
Dell#copy running-config scp:/
Address or name of remote host []: 10.10.10.1
Destination file name [startup-config]? old_running
User name to login remote host? sburgess
Password to login remote host? dilling
Example
Dell#copy running-config nfsmount://<mount-point>/filepath
Destination file name [test.txt]:
User name to login remote host: usrname
Password to login remote host:
Example
Dell#copy scp: flash:
Address or name of remote host []: 10.11.199.134
Port number of the server [22]: 99
Source file name []: test.cfg
User name to login remote host: admin
Password to login remote host:
Destination file name [test.cfg]: test1.cfg
Example
Dell#copy compressed-config compressed-cfg
!
6655 bytes successfully copied
Dell#
Dell#copy compressed-config ftp:
Address or name of remote host []: 10.11.8.12
Destination file name [startup-config]:
User name to login remote host: spbalaji
Password to login remote host:
!
6655 bytes successfully copied
Dell#copy tftp: flash:
Address or name of remote host []: 1.1.1.1
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