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4: Configuration Using XML
EDS-MD Command Reference 18
CLI-XCRs can be imported (captured) or exported (dumped) directly to a Telnet, SSH, or
serial line CLI session. Capturing an XCR can be started by pasting a valid XCR directly into
the CLI prompt. EDS-MD4/8/16 immediately processes the configuration record, changing any
settings specified. This can be done on any level, including the root. Special tags in the XML
allow for providing root and enable level passwords so that this can also be done at the
password prompt.
Web browser-Web Manager can be used to import and export an XCR to the device server file
system. It can also be used to import an XCR from an external source such as your local hard
drive.
FTP-The device server FTP server can export and import XCRs when an FTP get or put
command on the filename (edsmd.xcr for export, edsmd_import.xcr for import; both are under
the pwxcr directory) is requested. On export (FTP get of edsmd.xcr), the FTP server obtains
the current XCR from the EDS-MD and sends it as a file. On import (FTP put of
edsmd_import.xcr), the FTP server processes the file by sending it directly to the XML engine.
In both cases the device server filesystem is not accessed. The files edsmd.xcr and
edsmd_import.xcr are not read from or written to the file system. See FTP in the EDS-MD
User Guide.
Best Practices
You can import or export an entire XCR, or just a portion of it, by specifying the group name and/or
group instances. In the examples below, import and export operations are performed from the CLI
on the local filesystem and require a XCR on the local filesystem. The Web Manager provides the
same functionality.
Caution: Using Microsoft Word to edit and save an XCR will change the format of
the file and make it incompatible with EDS-MD4/8/16. This is true even if
the file is saved as Plain Text (.txt) or an XML Document (.xml). Notepad,
a third party text editor, or a specialized XML editor should be used
instead.
Importing
The following syntax can be used to import configurations from a file:
xcr import <file>
xcr import <file> <groups and/or group:instances>
The first line imports all groups specified in the XML config record named in <file>. Any filename is
valid, and the file name and extension are not important.
In the second line:
Instance follows group with a colon (see the third example on the next page).
Multiple groups are separated with a comma.
Any white space requires the list of groups to be quoted.
Only the named groups get imported, even if the XCR contains additional XCR groups.
The following syntax can be used to export configurations to a file on the device server's file
system:
xcr export <file>
xcr export <file> <groups and/or group:instances>