How to: Upload Cisco IOS config from TFTP to device

To illustrate how to upload an IOS to a device using the Device.CLI.Send commands Activity please refer to the following example:

Activity Options tab settings:

[X] List of commands to be entered on device:

copy tftp running

192.168.1.200                                              (IP address of remote TFTP server)

%ctGroupName\%ctDeviceName-Config.txt                (Filename to store config to on server)

%ctCR                                                        (Required to start device TFTP)

[X] Enter commands in enable mode

[X] Save device output to file [Specify the log file name here]

[X] Overwrite existing capture file

[X] Answer yes to any confirmation prompts

[X] Stop on error

Please Note :

 1) The use of Meta Variables.

         %ctGroupName = Device Group Name

         %ctDeviceName = Device Name

         %ctCR = Carrage Return

 2) The use of the backward slash in the filename to specify a subfolder within the TFTP Upload folder.

 3) The use of the %ctCR variable to send a <CR> to the device to activate the TFTP session.

 4) The Device.TFTP.Upload Config Activity could also be used to upload an IOS to a device.