DELL N3000 User Manual

Managing Images and Files

Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to 

download a configuration script from a remote system to the switch, validate 

the script, and activate it.

The startup-config and backup-config files are essentially configuration 

scripts and can be validated and applied by using the commands in this section.

copy sftp://

user

@{

ip-

address

|

hostname

}/

path

/

file-name 

 dest-

name

Downloads the specified script from the remote server to 

the switch.

Password entry

After you enter the copy command, the CLI prompts you 

for the password associated with the username.

script-

name

Checks the specified script for syntax errors.
The script is automatically validated when you download it 

to the switch. You can validate again with this command.

View the list of available scripts.

script-

name

Executes the commands within the script in order. The 

configuration changes in the script are applied to the 

running configuration.

script-name

View the contents of the specified script.