Dell Brocade 6520 Command Reference Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0 - Page 181

configUpload 2 NOTES OPERANDS The system configuration data is uploaded separately. It is grouped into chassis information and switch information. Each configuration type is managed separately and the behavior of configUpload depends on the environment in which the command is executed and which part of the system configuration you wish to upload. • In a Virtual Fabric environment, when executed without chassis permissions, this command uploads the current logical switch configuration only. An Admin user with chassis permissions can use additional parameters to perform the following selective configuration uploads: - Upload the switch configuration of a specified logical switch (-fid FID). - Upload the chassis configuration only (-chassis). - Upload the entire system configuration including the data for all logical switches and for the chassis (-all). - Upload the switch configuration only in Non-VF mode(-switch). The interactive version of the command (no operands) prompts for input on only the parameters the user is allowed to execute. • In a non-Virtual Fabric environment, this command by default uploads the configuration for the default logical switch only. To upload the chassis-level configuration only, use the -chassis option. To upload both the chassis and switch configuration, use the -all option. Chassis permissions are required. The -fid option is not valid. The -switch option is equivalent to issuing the command default (without options). You can use the file transfer protocol (FTP), the secure copy protocol (SCP), or secure FTP (SFTP) to upload configuration files to an external host, or you can save the configuration in a predetermined directory on the local chassis or on an attached USB device. If the specified file already exists, this command prompts you to overwrite the file. Specify -force to overwrite the file without confirmation. When the local chassis is chosen as the destination, the resulting file is written to both primary and secondary partitions, and on enterprise-class platforms, to both Active and Standby Control Processors (CPs). Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for information on backward compatibility, on configuration upload and download in Admin Domains (AD), and on the content of the configuration file. The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for details. F_Port trunking configurations are not saved in the configuration file and will not be restored after a configuration download. Do not manually edit a configuration or a switch-conf.xx file after uploading the file and before downloading the file to a switch. Manual editing bypasses sanity checks for some configuration parameters and results in unpredictable system behavior. This command has the following operands: -p ftp | -ftp or -p scp | -scp or -p sftp | -sftp Specifies the data transmission protocol as either file transfer protocol (FTP), secure copy protocol (SCP), or secure FTP (SFTP). If no protocol is specified, the protocol defaults to FTP. -vf Uploads the Virtual fabric configuration to a file. You must specify a filename when uploading this file. It is recommended to name this file switch-conf_xx.txt (where xx indicates the platform ID) to distinguish this file from the system configuration (config.txt). Use switchShow to determine the platform ID of the system. The platform ID in the header of the configuration file is the same as the first two digits of the switchType parameter in the switchShow output. You cannot use the -vf option with any of the regular configuration upload options (-fid, -chassis, -all). Fabric OS Command Reference 153 53-1002746-01