Dell N3200-ON Networking N-Series Switches CLI Reference Guide version 6.8.0 - Page 277

The same is true for configuration files, which store the configuration parameters for the switch. The system has three configuration files. One file is a memory-only file and is the current configuration file for the switch. The second file is the one that is loaded by the system when it reboots. There is one backup configuration file. The system also provides methods to back up these files to a remote system. File System Commands All files are stored in a file system. The commands shown in Table 2-6 are used to perform operations on these files. Table 2-6. File System Commands Command delete file filedescr file description copy source destination Description Deletes file. Adds a description to a file (up to 128 characters can be used). Copies a file from source file to destination file. Copying Files The copy command not only provides a method for copying files within the file system, but also to and from remote servers. With the copy command and URLs to identify files, the user can back up images to local or remote systems or restore images from local or remote systems. To use the copy command, the user specifies the source file and the destination file. For example, copy tftp://remotehost/pub/backupfile backupconfig copies a file from the remote TFTP server to a local backup configuration file. In this case, if the local configuration file does not exist, then it is created by the command. If it does exist, it is overwritten. If there is not enough space on the local file system to accommodate the file, an error is flagged. Refer to the copy command description in the Layer 2 commands section of the guide for command details. Using the CLI 277