Technical data

Using Technician Interface Software
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In-Band File Transfers
The
tftp
command invokes the TFTP software to transfer a file between a Bay
Networks router and another router or host capable of serving
tftp
file transfer
requests.
The TFTP software resides within the IP router. Consequently, you must load the
TFTP software on the router and enable it (see Quick-Starting Routers for
instructions). Also, when you transfer a file to a Bay Networks router, the TFTP
driver of the receiving (client) router uses the value of the wfTftp.2.0 MIB
attribute to determine the target volume. This attribute is set during the
Quick-Start procedure, using the debug.al
alias
setvol 65
to target the DOS
volume.
We recommend that you first rename or copy the file at the source to a new,
temporary file name if the name is the same as an existing file at the destination.
Enter the following command to initiate a file transfer from the Technician
Interface:
tftp
[
get
|
put
] <remote IP address> <filename> [ <filename> ]
[
get
|
put
] is
put
if you are transferring the file to the remote node and
get
if you
are transferring the file to the local router.
<remote_IP_address> is the address of the remote node.
<filename> is the name of the file to be transferred.
Caution:
The destination system in a file transfer automatically overwrites
any file already on its volume that has the same file name. If enough space
does not exist on the file system for the new file, and the new file has the same
name as an old file, the old file will be destroyed and the new file will be
corrupted. This occurs because TFTP copies the new file over the old and runs
out of space before completing the copy. Be sure to follow the instructions in
this section to avoid corrupting the config file.