Copy a Configuration File to a Remote Location

This task describes how to save the initial configuration file to flash or to a remote location.

See Basic SEFOS Topology for the topology for this task.

1. Connect to SEFOS.

   See Connect to SEFOS.

2. Ping host A from switch SEFOS-1.

   SEFOS-1# ping 12.0.0.100
   

3. Save the configuration that is currently running to a file.

   SEFOS-1# write startup-config
   

4. Copy the configuration file to host A, giving it the name switch.conf_date.

   SEFOS-1# copy startup-config tftp://12.0.0.100/switch.conf_date
   SEFOS-1#
   

Related Information

• Copy a Configuration File From a Remote Location to Flash

• Copy a Configuration File From One Remote Location or Flash to Another Remote Location or Flash