How to backup and restore startup configuration file on Dell Networking OS 10

To restore a backup configuration, copy a local or remote file to the startup configuration and reload the switch. After a user downloads a backup configuration, enter the reload command, otherwise, the configuration does not take effect until you reboot.

Copy file to startup configuration

OS10# copy {config://filepath | home://filepath |
ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath | scp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath |
sftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath | tftp://hostip/filepath} config://startup.xml 

Back up startup file

OS10# copy config://startup.xml config://backup-9-28.xml

Restore startup file from backup.

OS10# copy config://backup-9-28.xml config://startup.xml
OS10# reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]:no

Back up startup file to server

OS10# copy config://startup.xml scp://userid:password@hostip/backup-9-28.xml

Restore startup file from server.

OS10# copy scp://admin:admin@hostip/backup-9-28.xml config://startup.xml
OS10# reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]:no

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