User`s guide

AT-S39 Command Line Interface User’s Guide
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The image file and bootloader were offered as two separate files
in several earlier software versions. In this version, the two files are
combined into one file.
It is not recommended that you download the bootloader by
itself. If the bootloader on a switch needs to be updated, you
should download the entire AT-S39 software image.
If you are downloading a new AT-S39 software image, the switch’s
current settings (for instance, IP address, port security, and virtual
LANs) are not changed.
If you are downloading a configuration file, the current
configuration of the switch is overwritten by the configuration
contained in the file.
A configuration file contains all switch settings, including the IP
address, subnet mask, gateway address, enhanced stacking
status, and BOOTP/DHCP status.
A configuration file should only be downloaded onto a switch of
the same model from which the configuration file originated (for
example, AT-8024M to AT-8024M). It is not recommended that
you download a configuration file onto a switch of a different
model (for example, AT-8012M to AT-8024GB). The results can be
unpredictable.
A switch running AT-S39 Version 1.4 or earlier must first be
ungraded to Version 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 before you can install a new
AT-S39 image.
A configuration file cannot be edited with a text editor or word
processor.
Caution
Downloading a new AT-S39 image file or configuration file will
cause a switch reset. Some network traffic may be lost.
Here are guidelines that apply to an Xmodem download:
Xmodem can only download a file onto the switch where you
started the local management session. Xmodem cannot
download files through enhanced stacking.
The file to be downloaded must be stored on the computer or
terminal connected to the RS232 Terminal Port on the switch.