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SmartWare Software Configuration Guide 6 • Configuration file handling
Replacing the startup configuration with a configuration downloaded from
TFTP server
From within the administration execution mode, you can replace the startup-configuration by downloading a
configuration from the TFTP server into the flash memory area where to store the startup configuration.
Mode: Administrator execution
Example: Sample configuration download from the TFTP server
The following example shows how to replace the persistent startup configuration in the flash memory of a
SmartNode by overwriting it with the configuration contained in the file new-startup located on the TFTP
server at IP address 172.16.36.80.
1. Download the startup configuration with the
copy command into the flash memory area where to store
the startup configuration.
node>enable
node#configure
node(cfg)#copy tftp://172.16.36.80/user/new-startup nvram:startup-config
Download...100%
node(cfg)#
2. Check the content of the persistent startup configuration by listing its command settings with the show
command.
node#show nvram:startup-config
Displaying configuration file information
This procedure describes how to display information about configuration files
Mode: Administrator execution
Step Command Purpose
1 node(cfg)# copy tftp://ip-address[:port]/
new-startup nvram:startup-config
Downloads the configuration file new-startup from
the TFTP server at address ip-address replacing the
existing persistent startup configuration. Optionally
you can enter the UDP port where the TFTP server lis-
tens. If the port is not specified, the default port 69 is
used. This progress is visualized with a counter,
counting up from 0 to 100% according to the down-
loaded amount of the file size. Should the download
fail, an error message % File Transfer - Get failed is
displayed.
Command Purpose
show nvram: Lists all persistent configurations
show running-config Displays the contents of the running configuration file
show startup-config Displays the contents of the startup configuration file