Fabric OS Reference Manual

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configUpload
Back up the switch configuration to an ASCII file on a host workstation.
Synopsis
configUpload ["host","user","file"[,"passwd"]]
Availability admin
Description Use this command to upload the switch configuration to a host file.
The upload process uses either FTP or the RSHD protocol (TPC service
514). Both of these services are widely available on UNIX hosts, but less so
on Windows hosts. On Windows NT, the FTP server may have to be
installed from the distribution media and enabled, or on Windows NT or
Windows 9x, there are several freeware and shareware FTP servers
available.
The two utilities supplied for
RSHD.EXE
and
CAT.EXE
currently do not
support uploads, only downloads. Therefore, in a Windows environment,
FTP must be used, and the FTP server must be running before an upload can
occur.
If the
configUpload
command is entered without operands, the user is
prompted for input, including choice of FTP or RSHD. If invoked with
three operands, RSHD is used; otherwise, presence of the fourth operand
(password) selects FTP.
Operands This command has the following operands:
host
Specify a host name or IP address in quotation marks;
for example, “
citadel
” or “
192.168.1.48
”. The
configuration file is downloaded from this host system.
This operand is optional.
user
Specify a user name in quotation marks; for example,
“
jdoe
”. This user name is used to gain access to the
host. This operand is optional.