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How to manage files (Copy and Delete) on Dell Networking Force10 switches

Summary: this article provides the commands for managing files on Dell Networking Force10 switches.

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Instructions

This article explains how to manage files (Copy and Delete) on Dell Networking Force10 switches.



Objectives
 
  1. Copy command
  2. Delete command
  3. Directory command


Copy command

 
Command Parameters
FTOS# copy flash: Copy from local file system ([flash://]filepath)
FTOS# copy ftp: Copy from remote file system (ftp://userid:password@hostip/filepath)
FTOS# copy running-config Copy from current system configuration
FTOS# copy scp Copy from remote file system (scp://userid:password@hostip/filepath)
FTOS# copy startup-config Copy from startup configuration
FTOS# copy tftp: Copy from remote file system (tftp://hostip/filepath)
FTOS# copy usbflash: Copy from local file system ([usbflash://]filepath)
 


Example of commonly used commands

 
FTOS#copy running-config startup-config
File with same name already exist.
Proceed to copy the file [confirm yes/no]: y
!
7395 bytes successfully copied
 

 

When you use the copy running-config startup-config command to copy the running configuration (the startup configuration file amended by any configuration changes made since the system was started) to the startup configuration file, Dell Networking OS creates a backup file on the internal flash of the startup configuration.

 


FTOS#copy tftp://192.168.1.1/file_name flash:
Destination file name [file_name]: file_name


FTOS#copy running-config tftp:
Address or name of remote host []: 192.168.1.1
Destination file name [startup-config]: file_name
 

 
Delete command

 
Command Parameter
FTOS# delete flash: File to be deleted ([flash://]filepath)
FTOS# delete usbflash: File to be deleted ([usbflash://]filepath)
 


Example of commonly used delete command.


FTOS# delete flash://startup-config
 

  

Note: When startup-config is deleted it deletes the older .bak file each time and does not keep multiple running instances of the file.

 

Directory command

 
Used to list files stored in flash of the the switch

FTOS# dir
Directory of flash:

  1  drwx       4096   Dec 31 1979 19:00:00 -05:00 .
  2  drwx       1536   Jul 01 2015 09:15:28 -05:00 ..
  3  drwx       4096   Feb 28 2004 19:10:50 -05:00 TRACE_LOG_DIR
  4  drwx       4096   Feb 28 2004 19:10:50 -05:00 CORE_DUMP_DIR
  5  d---       4096   Feb 28 2004 19:10:52 -05:00 ADMIN_DIR
  6  -rwx          4   Jun 22 2006 19:44:46 -05:00 dhcpBindConflict
  7  -rwx       7395   Jul 07 2015 09:23:54 -05:00 startup-config.bak
  8  -rwx       5374   Oct 28 2014 22:08:02 -05:00 backup-config
  9  -rwx      12801   Nov 26 2006 00:55:24 -05:00 some_file.txt
 10  -rwx        313   Nov 26 2006 00:56:44 -05:00 some_file1.txt
 11  -rwx      10724   Nov 26 2006 00:58:16 -05:00 some_file2.txt
 12  -rwx       7395   Jul 07 2015 14:05:04 -05:00 startup-config
 13  -rwx   21989307   Jan 15 2015 17:55:10 -05:00 FTOS-SC-8.3.3.9.bin
 14  -rwx     524528   Jan 15 2015 17:55:28 -05:00 u-boot.1.0.0.5.bin
 15  drwx       4096   Nov 03 2014 03:32:04 -05:00 CONFIG_TEMPLATE
 

Affected Products

Force10 E1200i, Force10 E300, Force10 E600i, Force10 MXL Blade, Force10 S25-01-GE-24T, Force10 S25-01-GE-24V, Force10 S50-01-GE-48T, PowerSwitch S4810P, Force10 S50P, Force10 S60-44T
Article Properties
Article Number: 000121850
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2021
Version:  3
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