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Appendix B Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with Configuration Files
This example shows how to copy the running configuration file named switch2-confg to the netadmin1
directory on the remote host with an IP address of 172.16.101.101:
Switch#
copy system:running-config ftp://netadmin1:mypass@172.16.101.101/switch2-confg
Write file switch2-confg on host 172.16.101.101?[confirm]
Building configuration...[OK]
Connected to 172.16.101.101
Switch#
This example shows how to store a startup configuration file on a server by using FTP to copy the file:
Switch#
configure terminal
Switch(config)#
ip ftp username netadmin2
Switch(config)#
ip ftp password mypass
Switch(config)#
end
Switch#
copy nvram:startup-config ftp:
Remote host[]?
172.16.101.101
Name of configuration file to write [switch2-confg]?
Write file switch2-confg on host 172.16.101.101?[confirm]
![OK]
Copying Configuration Files By Using RCP
The RCP provides another method of downloading, uploading, and copying configuration files between
remote hosts and the switch. Unlike TFTP, which uses User Datagram Protocol (UDP), a connectionless
protocol, RCP uses TCP, which is connection-oriented.
To use RCP to copy files, the server from or to which you will be copying files must support RCP. The
RCP copy commands rely on the rsh server (or daemon) on the remote system. To copy files by using
RCP, you do not need to create a server for file distribution as you do with TFTP. You only need to have
access to a server that supports the remote shell (rsh). (Most UNIX systems support rsh.) Because you
are copying a file from one place to another, you must have read permission on the source file and write
permission on the destination file. If the destination file does not exist, RCP creates it for you.
Step 3
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
This step is required only if you override the default remote
username or password (see Steps 4, 5, and 6).
Step 4
ip ftp username username
(Optional) Change the default remote username.
Step 5
ip ftp password password
(Optional) Change the default password.
Step 6
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 7
copy system:running-config
ftp:[[[//[username[:password]@]location]/directory]
/filename]
or
copy nvram:startup-config
ftp:[[[//[username[:password]@]location]/directory]
/filename]
Using FTP, store the switch running or startup configuration
file to the specified location.
Command
Purpose
