Copy image from one device to another

[anousakisioannis]

Hello all,

I would like to copy an image that i have in one switch to all other switches on production.

I used the below but test file hasn't been copied

SWITCH#copy flash:test.txt scp:test.txt
Address or name of remote host []? 192.168.1.5
Destination username [admin]?
Destination filename [test.txt]?
Writing test.txt
0 bytes copied in 80.000 secs (0 bytes/sec)

Thoughts?

Thank you

[Daniele Giordano · Accepted solution]

Hi, If I correctly remember SCP works only if you have ssh access on the device.

You can try to enable a tftp server on your switch that has the file to propagate:

conf t

tftp-server flash:test.txt

and using "copy tftp flash" command from the console of the switch that must receive the file.

Regards.

[anousakisioannis]

Hi,

Thank you. It worked!!

Is there any way to use ssh as it is more secure?

[Daniele Giordano]

To be honest I'm not sure that you can use scp between cisco devices. Probably you can use scp between cisco and linux server.

In order to have a little bit of security during file transfer you can configure an ACL to allow only authorized switches.

Regards.