`copy {running-config | startup-config} <STORAGE-URL>`

Syntax

copy {running-config | startup-config} <STORAGE-URL> {cli | json}

Description

Copies a running configuration or a startup configuration to a USB drive.

Command context

Manager (#)

Parameters

{running-config | startup-config}: Selects the running configuration or the startup configuration to be copied to a USB drive. Required.

<STORAGE-URL>: Specifies the name of the file to contain the copied configuration. Required. The syntax is the following: usb:/<file>

{cli | json}: Selects whether the file containing the configuration is in CLI or JSON format. Required.

Authority

Administrators

Usage

The switch supports JSON and CLI file formats when copying the running or starting configuration to the USB drive. This command requires that the USB drive have the FAT file system.

The USB must be enabled and mounted with the following commands:

switch(config)# usb
switch(config)# end
switch# usb mount

Examples

Copying a running configuration to a file named runCLI on a USB drive:

switch# copy running-config usb:/runCLI cli
Success

Copying a startup configuration to a file named startCLI on a USB drive:

switch# copy startup-config usb:/startCLI cli
Success