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CAUTION: Make sure that the configuration file you are downloading is compatible with your switch model, because configuration files from other model switches or firmware versions might cause your switch to fail. If your setup supports anonymous users, and you log in as an anonymous user, password is still a required field, even though its value may be ignored by the FTP service. Configuration management supports configDownload with 6.1.x or 6.2.0 configuration files. Configuration files from a system running Fabric OS 6.2.0 are not backward-compatible, and cannot be downloaded to a Fabric OS 6.1.0 or earlier system. Configuration files downloaded from a system running Fabric OS 6.1.0 to a system running 6.2.0 are applied only to the default switch or chassis areas. All other areas are not affected. If you have the chassis role permissions added to your user account, the following options are available: -fid -all -fid FID -sfid FID Downloads the specified FID's configuration. Downloads all of the system's configuration, including the chassis section and all switch sections for all Logical Switches. To specify the FID to copy the configuration data from and download it to the -sfid, FID must be used with the -fid FID option. Restrictions The following limitations apply when restoring a configuration file: -chassis -fid FID -fid FID -sfid FID -all The number of switches defined in the download config file must match the number of switches currently defined on the switch. The FID must be defined in both the download configuration file and the current system. The -fid FID must be defined on the switch and the -sfid FID must be defined in the download configuration file. The number of switches or FIDs defined in the download configuration file must match the number of switches or FIDs currently defined on the switch. The switches must be disabled, if necessary (see "Configuration download without disabling a switch" on page 168 for more information on non-disruptive configuration downloads). If they are not, the configDownload command downloads the configuration for as many switches as possible until a non-disabled switch is encountered. Then it will stop. Before running this command, verify whether any switches need to be disabled. In Virtual Fabric-enabled mode, the chassisDisable and chassisEnable commands are used to disabled all Logical Switches on the affected switch. This bypasses the need to disable and enable each switch individually once the configuration download has completed. Non-Virtual Fabric configuration files downloaded to a Virtual Fabric system will have the configuration applied only to the default switch. If there are multiple Logical Switches created in a Virtual Fabric-enabled system, there could be some issues if there are ports that belong to the default switch in a Virtual Fabric-disabled system, but are now assigned to Logical Switches in a Virtual Fabric-enabled system. Only configurations related to ports within the default switch will be applied. Fabric OS 6.2 administrator guide 167