Baystack470- Unable to save configuration

[TechyfrmCAN]

I am unable to manaully save the configuration of a Nortel Baystack switch (470-24T).
When i run the copy command, got the error "% Could not copy to nvram". The software release is "SW:v3.0.0.54".

Any help is much appreciated.



BAYSTACK#copy config nvram
% Could not copy to nvram

 

[MagnaRGP]

Why not try the config using the GUI?

 

[TechyfrmCAN]

I am not very much familier with baystack switches and don't beleive that GUI access is enabled. I appreciate if you could provide some guidelines how to access GUI or some otherway around.

 

[MagnaRGP]

Give the unit an IP address in CLI and turn on HTTP (also in CLI).

Open a browser and navigate to said IP address.

Simple and documented in user guides.

 

[curtismo]

Most of the Nortel 4xx switches, the configuration is automatically saved a few seconds after it is changed - no need to manually save them.

I don't have 470 switches, but they ~should~ be the same as the 460 and the BPS line that I have.

 

[curtismo]

...BTW, the only Nortel switches I have that I need to manually save configs on are the 8600 and the 1424T.

 

[paulypaul]

I will concur with what you have already been told. 470's auto save. There are no startup/run configs.

if you want to backup the config off the swtich the command is.......

copy run tftp address <ipadd> filename <filename.txt>

this will back up an ASCII file via TFTP to your desktop.

 

[TechyfrmCAN]

Thanks all for the replies. I was under the same impression that Baystack will automatically save configuration (periodically after every update) but looks like it didn't. There was a config change and after two month, there was a power outage and switch reboot but it couldn't save the last update and i have to re add the missing vlans. I like to save latest config to NVRAM to avoid such problem in the future.

 

[paulypaul]

unfortunately you can't save alternate configs on a 470s, like you can on a cisco switch.

if you want to make backups do what I told you to do. back up the ascii version of the running-config using tftp to your desktop or a server.

or buy a copy of ESM. that will auto-fetch configs from your fleet of switches.