Overview

The scp server is disabled by default on Cisco switches and routers. Enable scp to push files to the device.

Details

Error:

jemurray@mbp-2019:~/Downloads $ scp -c aes128-cbc c3560c405-universalk9-mz.152-2.E10.bin 192.168.86.42:c3560c405-universalk9-mz.152-2.E10.bin
Password:
Administratively disabled.
jemurray@mbp-2019:~/Downloads $ client_loop: send disconnect: Broken pipe

Fix:

ip scp server enable

Try again:

jemurray@mbp-2019:~/Downloads $ scp -c aes128-cbc c3560c405-universalk9-mz.152-2.E10.bin 192.168.86.42:c3560c405-universalk9-mz.152-2.E10.bin
Password:
c3560c405-universalk9-mz.152-2.E10.bin     3%  624KB  58.0KB/s   05:23 ETA