STEPS TO CREATE AND DOWNLOAD CONFIGURATION FILE BACKING UP ON QLOGIC SANBOX 5802 FC SWITCH

Creating the Backup File on Qlogic SANbox switch

Step to Login into Qlogic SANbox switch-:

1. Open Putty
2. Telnet Qlogic SANbox switch IP

Use Username and Password successful login into Qlogic SANbox switch

switch login:
Password:

  Establishing connection…   Please wait.

       *****************************************************
      
               Command Line Interface SHell  (CLISH)                   
                                                                                                            
       *****************************************************

       SystemDescription   SANbox 5802 FC Switch
       HostName            <undefined>
       EthIPv4NetworkAddr  10.1.1.100
       EthIPv6NetworkAddr  fe80::2c0:ddff:fe19:94dc
       MACAddress          00:c0:dd:19:94:dc
       WorldWideName       10:00:00:c0:dd:19:94:dc
       SerialNumber        1045H00136
       SymbolicName        SANbox
       ActiveSWVersion     V8.0.13.16.0
       ActiveTimestamp     Thu Apr 11 19:50:01 2013
       POSTStatus          Passed
       LicensedPorts       24
       SwitchMode          Full Fabric

  [1][Fri Dec 27 05:35:45.784 EST 2013][A][2000.0002][Pwr1 failure –  ALARM SET]
  [2][Mon Aug 11 17:25:34.187 EDT 2014][A][2001.0002][Pwr1 OK – ALARM CLEARED]
  [3][Mon Feb 08 13:04:50.880 EST 2016][A][2000.0002][Pwr1 failure –  ALARM SET]
  [4][Mon Feb 08 13:09:04.302 EST 2016][A][2001.0002][Pwr1 OK – ALARM CLEARED]

Warning:  Your user account password has not been changed
It is strongly recommended that you do so before proceeding

SANbox #>
SANbox #> config backup

The Configuration Backup command creates a configuration backup file on the Qlogic SANbox switch, named configdata.

The configdata file contains the following switch configuration as below-:

• Switch configurations including ports, switch, port threshold alarm and zoning configurations.
• SNMP and network information defined with the Set Setup command.
• Zoning database includes all zone sets, zones, and aliases.
• Security database except the group primary and secondary secrets.
• Call Home database and Call Home service configuration.

NOTE:

Configuration backup files are deleted from the Qlogic SANbox switch during a power cycle
or switch reset.

How to Take Configuration backup and Downloading the Configuration File.

• Open command prompt window (CLI) on your System
• C:\Users\tech_musa>
• To download the configdata file, open an FTP session on the Qlogic SANbox switch
• C:\Users\tech_musa>ftp <SANbox switch IP address>   
• Login with the account – Username images and password images.

Transfer the file in binary mode with the Get command as shown in the following example:

Command Syntex-:

ftp> ip_address
user:images
password: images
ftp>bin
ftp>get configdata
xxxxx bytes sent in xx secs.
ftp>quit

See, How it works

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\tech_musa>ftp 10.1.1.100
Connected to 10.1.1.100.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
User (10.1.1.100:(none)): images
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
ftp> get configdata
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for configdata (146613 bytes).
226 File send OK.
ftp: 146613 bytes received in 0.01Seconds 9774.20Kbytes/sec.
ftp>

Now, Configdata file successfuly downloaded under user profile located in C:\Users\

You should rename the configdata file on your workstation with the switch name
and date, for example, config_switch_21_17_2017

Conclusion -:

This article describes how to create and download successfully backup of QLOGIC SANBOX 5802 FC SWITCH. Follow the above steps and Backing up configuration is useful to protect your work.