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Parameters
Defaults
Not configured.
Command Modes
EXEC Privilege
Command
History
Usage
Information
A system message appears stating that the bootflash image has been changed. You 
must reload the system before the system can switch to the new bootflash image.
copy
c e s
Copy one file to another location. FTOS supports IPv4 and IPv6 addressing for FTP, 
TFTP, and SCP (in the 
hostip field).
Syntax
copy source-file-url destination-file-url
Parameters
Command Modes
EXEC Privilege
cp
Enter the keyword cp to change the bootflash image on the Control 
Processor on the RPM.
linecard linecard-slot Enter the keyword linecard followed by the slot number to change the 
bootflash image on a specific line card.
C-Series Range: 0-7 
E-Series Range: 0 to 13 on the E1200; 0 on 6 on the E600, and 0 to 5 
on the E300.
rp
Enter the keyword rp to change the bootflash image on the RPM 
Route Processor. 
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
E-Series original Command
file-url
Enter the following location keywords and information:
• To copy a file from the internal FLASH, enter
 flash:// followed by the filename.
• To copy a file on an FTP server, enter 
ftp://user:password@hostip/filepath
• To copy a file from the internal FLASH on RPM0, enter rpm0flash://filepath
• To copy a file from the external FLASH on RPM0, enter rpm0slot0://filepath
• To copy a file from the internal FLASH on RPM1, enter rpm1flash://filepath
• To copy a file from the external FLASH on RPM1, enter rpm1slot0://filepath
• To copy the running configuration, enter the keyword running-config.
• To copy the startup configuration, enter the keyword 
startup-config.
• To copy using Secure Copy (SCP), enter the keyword 
scp: (If scp: is entered in 
the source position, then enter the target URL; 
If 
scp: is entered in the target position, first enter the source URL; refer to the 
examples below.)
• To copy a file on the external FLASH, enter 
slot0:// followed by the filename.
• To copy a file on a TFTP server, enter 
tftp://hostip/filepath
ExaScale only
• To copy a file from a USB drive on RPM0, enter
 rpm0usbflash://filepath
• To copy a file from an external USB drive, enter usbflash://filepath










