Configuring The Device To Download The Host Configuration File - Cisco Catalyst 9500 Manual

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Configuring the Device to Download the Host Configuration File

To configure the Cisco IOS software to download a host configuration file from a server at startup, complete
the tasks in this section:
Procedure
Step 1
Command or Action
configure terminal
Example:
Device# configure terminal
boot network {ftp:[[[//[username [:password
]@]location ]/directory ]/filename ] |
rcp:[[[//[username@]location ]/directory
]/filename ] | tftp:[[[//location ]/directory
]/filename ]}
Example:
Device(config)# boot network
tftp:hostfile1
service config
Example:
Device(config)# service config
end
Example:
Device(config)# end
copy system:running-config
nvram:startup-config
Example:
Device# copy system:running-config
nvram:startup-config
Command or Action
enable
System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.2.x (Catalyst 9500 Switches)
Configuring the Device to Download the Host Configuration File
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Specifies the network configuration file to
download at startup, and the protocol to be used
(TFTP, RCP, or FTP).
• If you do not specify a network
configuration filename, the Cisco IOS
software uses the default filename
network-confg. If you omit the address,
the device uses the broadcast address.
• You can specify more than one network
configuration file. The software tries them
in order entered until it loads one. This
procedure can be useful for keeping files
with different configuration information
loaded on a network server.
Enables the system to automatically load the
network file on restart.
Exits global configuration mode.
Saves the running configuration to the startup
configuration file.
Purpose
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
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