How To Backup Cisco Switch Configuration Using Putty?
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1. Connect to the switch using Putty.
2. Enter privileged mode by typing in “enable”.
3. Enter the command “copy running-config startup-config”. This will save the current configuration to the startup-config.
4. Enter the command “show startup-config” to view the saved configuration.
5. To save the configuration to a file, type “copy startup-config tftp”. This will open a prompt asking for the TFTP server IP address and the file name to save the configuration as.
6. Enter the IP address of the TFTP server and the file name, then press enter.
7. The configuration will be saved to the file. Use the “dir” command to view the file in the TFTP server’s directory.