Dell N3200-ON EMC Networking N-Series Switches CLI Reference Guide version 6.7 - Page 265

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. Referencing External/Internal File systems Configuration or software images are copied to or retrieved from remote systems using the TFTP or FTP protocols. • tftp://server-name/path/filename - identifies a file on a remote TFTP server identified by the server-name. Trivial file transfer protocol is a simplified FTP and uses a UDP port instead of TCP and does not have password protection. • - Identifies a file on a remote FTP server identified by the server-name. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standardized protocol used to transfer files over the network using TCP. FTP is optionally secured with a clear-text user name and password. Special System Files The following special filenames are used to refer to special virtual system files, which are under control of the system and may not be removed or added. These file names are reserved and may not be used as user-defined files. When the user copies a local source file into one of these special files and the source file has an attached file description, it also is copied as the file description for the special file. • backup-config - This file refers to the backup configuration file. Using the CLI 265