This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to take a configuration backup of a Cisco switch using PuTTY. Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics and have the required access: Access to a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server. Connectivity - Routers must. Using the CLI commands described in the section beginning with TFTP: Copying a configuration file to a remote host (CLI), you can copy switch configurations to and from a switch, or copy a software image to configure or replace an ACL in the switch configuration. For instance, you can copy and save the.