How to backup and restore startup configuration file on Dell Networking OS 10

Summary: The startup configuration file, startup.xml, is stored in the config system folder. To create a backup version, copy the startup configuration to a remote server or the local config: or home: directories. ...

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Instructions

To restore a backup configuration, copy a local or remote file to the startup configuration and reload the switch. After a user downloads a backup configuration, enter the reload command, otherwise, the configuration does not take effect until you reboot.

Copy file to startup configuration

OS10# copy {config://filepath | home://filepath |
ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath | scp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath |
sftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath | tftp://hostip/filepath} config://startup.xml

Back up startup file

OS10# copy config://startup.xml config://backup-9-28.xml

Restore startup file from backup.

OS10# copy config://backup-9-28.xml config://startup.xml
OS10# reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]:no

Back up startup file to server

OS10# copy config://startup.xml scp://userid:password@hostip/backup-9-28.xml

Restore startup file from server.

OS10# copy scp://admin:admin@hostip/backup-9-28.xml config://startup.xml
OS10# reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]:no

 

Affected Products

PowerSwitch S4810P, PowerSwitch S4810-ON, PowerSwitch S4820T, PowerSwitch S5000, PowerSwitch S4112F-ON/S4112T-ON, PowerSwitch S4128F-ON/S4128T-ON, PowerSwitch S4148F-ON/S4148T-ON/S4148FE-ON, PowerSwitch S4148U-ON, PowerSwitch S4248FB-ON /S4248FBL-ON , PowerSwitch S5048F-ON ...

Products

S Series, PowerSwitch S6000, PowerSwitch S6000 ON, PowerSwitch S5148F-ON, PowerSwitch S5212F-ON, PowerSwitch S5224F-ON, PowerSwitch S5232F-ON, PowerSwitch S5248F-ON, PowerSwitch S5296F-ON, PowerSwitch S6010-ON, PowerSwitch S6100-ON , PowerSwitch Z9100-ON, PowerSwitch Z9264F-ON, PowerSwitch Z9332F-ON, PowerSwitch Z9432F-ON ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000191944
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2024
Version:  2
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