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HOW TO USE BACKUP AND RESTORE FOR A STACK

Backup the Configuration of a working 5500 XRN Stack

<5500G-EI>save
The configuration will be written to the device.   

Are you sure?[Y/N]y
Please input the file name(*.cfg)(To leave the existing filename 
 unchanged press the enter key):3comoscfg.cfg

Now saving current configuration to the device. 
Saving configuration. Please wait...
..............
 Unit1 save configuration flash:/3comoscfg.cfg successfully
 Unit2 save configuration flash:/3comoscfg.cfg successfully

<5500G-EI>backup fabric current-configuration to 151.104.51.89 backup.cfg
  Backup current configuration to 151.104.51.89. Please wait...
  File will be transferred in binary mode.
  Copying file to remote tftp server. Please wait... 
  TFTP:     6308 bytes sent in 5 second(s).
  File uploaded successfully. 
  
  Unit 1: Backup current configuration finished!
  Unit 2: Backup current configuration finished!

Replace Devices and reset the units back to defaults

<5500G-EI>reset saved
The saved configuration will be erased.   
Are you sure?[Y/N]y
Configuration in flash memory is being cleared. 
Please wait ...
 Unit1 reset saved-configuration successfully.
 Unit2 reset saved-configuration successfully.
<5500G-EI>reboot
 Start to check configuration with next startup configuration file, 
 please wait......
 Unit 1: Current configuration may differs from next startup configuration file.
 Unit 2: Current configuration may differs from next startup configuration file.
 This command will reboot the device. Current configuration may be lost in next startup if you continue.   Continue? [Y/N] y
 This will reboot device. Continue? [Y/N] y

Add an IP Address to Interface vlan 1 for connectivity purposes and Restore Config

[5500G-EI]int vlan 1
[5500G-EI-Vlan-interface1]ip add 151.104.212.197 24
[5500G-EI-Vlan-interface1]q

<5500G-EI>restore fabr startup-configuration from 151.104.51.89 backup.cfg
  Restore startup configuration from 151.104.51.89. Please wait...
  File will be transferred in binary mode. 
  Downloading file from remote tftp server, please wait.......\ | / \ .| / \ | / \ | / \ ..
  TFTP:     6308 bytes received in 2 second(s). 
  File downloaded successfully. 
..........
  Unit 1: Restore startup configuration finished!
  Unit 2: Restore startup configuration finished!
<5500G-EI>
<5500G-EI>dis startup
UNIT1:
  Current Startup saved-configuration file:          NULL
  Next main startup saved-configuration file:        flash:/backup.cfg
  Next backup startup saved-configuration file:      NULL
  Bootrom-access enable state:                       enabled
UNIT2:
  Current Startup saved-configuration file:          NULL
  Next main startup saved-configuration file:        flash:/backup.cfg
  Next backup startup saved-configuration file:      NULL
  Bootrom-access enable state:                       enabled
<5500G-EI>reboot
 Start to check configuration with next startup configuration file, 
 please wait......
 Unit 1: Current configuration differs from next startup configuration file.
 Unit 2: Current configuration differs from next startup configuration file.
 This command will reboot the device. Current configuration will be lost in next startup if you continue.   Continue? [Y/N] y
 This will reboot device. Continue? [Y/N] y
#Jan  1 10:03:13:872 2005 5500G-EI COMMONSY/5/REBOOT:- 2 -
 Reboot Fabric by command.

Save the restored configuration

<5500G-EI>save