Cloning Switches

Switch Engine switches provide a script called clone.py that allows you to clone one switch's setup to another switch in the following scenarios:

Within a stack (see Cloning within a Stack)
Standalone to standalone (see Cloning Standalone to Standalone)
Standalone to stack (see Cloning from Standalone to a Stack)
Standalone to USB (see Copying One Switch's Configuration to Another Switch Using USB Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP))

The clone.py script copies the following:

All content under:
- /boot
- /exos
- /alt/boot
- /alt/exos
- (optionally) /usr/local/cfg
Specific NVRAM contents:
- Boot selector
- CLI banner
- Failsafe username,password, and action

Limitations

Cloning to a standalone switch using a stacking master as the source does not make the standalone switch a stacking master. The configuration cloned from a stacking master to the standalone switch is ignored by the operating system.
ONIE to non-ONIE or non-ONIE to ONIE cloning cannot be performed.
Clone application does not connect through VR-USER.
If the clone primary is started and stopped, the configuration dirty bit is set.

Supported Platforms

Cloning is supported on all ExtremeSwitching Universal platforms.

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