HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Command Reference Guide (AA-RW1MA-TE, May 2005)

Fabric OS 5.0.0 command reference guide 111
Downloads a switch configuration file from a host file.
Synopsis
configdownload [-p ftp] “host“,“user“,“file“,“passwd“
configdownload -p scp “host“,“user“,“file“
configdownload
Availability
admin
Description
Use this command to download a switch configuration file from a host file. The configuration file is ASCII
text and might have been generated using configUpload, or it might have been created by a user to
download specific configuration changes. Refer to configUpload for a configuration file format
description.
To restore the configuration file from a Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
system using file transfer protocol (FTP),
the FTP server might have to be installed from the distribution media and enabled. The FTP service is
widely available on UNIX
®
hosts but less so on Windows
®
hosts. The FTP server must be running before a
download can occur.
Use -p scp to securely download the file through an SSH connection. Instead of entering a password on
the command line, SCP prompts you for the password, if necessary. The SSH service is available on both
UNIX and Windows hosts.
This command can be invoked without any operands, creating an interactive session.
The download might fail for the following reasons:
• The switch has not been disabled.
• The host name is not known to the switch.
• The host IP address cannot be contacted.
• The user does not have permission on the host.
• The user runs 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 data contains errors.
When the switch is in secure mode, the following rules and restrictions apply:
• Both defined security policies and active security policies sections must exist and contain the
FCS_POLICY.
• In the defined security policies section, at least one member of the FCS_POLICY must be the same as a
member in the previous FCS_POLICY.
• In the active security policy section, the FCS_POLICY must be exactly the same as the previous
FCS_POLICY. Order of members must be maintained.
configDownload