In order to backup a Nortel/Avaya ERS 470/5510/5520 configuration file in ascii format to a TFTP server the most straight forward way is to use CLI.
SSH into the switch and run the following command:
switch> enable Switch# copy running-config tftp address x.x.x.x filename switch-ascii-config.txt % Generating ASCII Configuration % Contacting TFTP host: x.x.x.x % Writing ASCII configuration file: switch-ascii-config.txt % ACG configuration generation completed
In order to backup the configuration file in binary format, run the following:
switch> enable Switch# copy config tftp address x.x.x.x filename switch-bin-config.cfg % Contacting TFTP host. % Configuration file successfully written.
