Specifications

Managing Directed TFTP

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Conﬁguring Directed TFTP on an Access Server

Directed TFTP requires a minimum ROM code revision to be resident in the

Access Server. The minimum revision of ROM ﬁrmware is V5.1 for the DECserver

90M and V7.1 for the DECserver 700, DECserver 900 models, and Cabletron

Access Server models.

Before you start, you must know the following information:

• The IP address of the Access Server

• The IP address of the default gateway (for routed access)

• The IP address of the TFTP server

• The image name on the TFTP server (if it is not the default)

• If the Access Server has V2.3 (or later) software preloaded in FLASH RAM or

if a BOOTP server for loading V2.3 (or later) software is available to the Access

Server

For an Access Server that is already running V2.3 (or later) software (e.g. from

FLASH RAM) perform the following steps to conﬁgure the Access Server for

Directed TFTP (DTFTP) loading using the Access Server command line interface:

Step Action

1 Ensure that the Access Server has an IP address conﬁgured (SHOW

INTERNET). If not, use the DEFINE INTERNET MASK nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn

and DEFINE INTERNET ADDRESS nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn commands to

deﬁne the IP address.

2 Ensure that the Access Server has a default gateway conﬁgured, if required

by your network topology (SHOW INTERNET GATEWAY). If not, use the

DEFINE INTERNET GATEWAY nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn ANY command to

deﬁne one.

You will need the default gateway IP address if the TFTP server is not in the same

IP LAN subnet as the Access Server.

If the Access Server did not ship from the factory with the required minimum

revision of ROM ﬁrmware, and the Access Server has not been reset to the factory

default parameters, then you must purge or redeﬁne the existing default gateway

information using the Access Server command line interface PURGE and

DEFINE commands.

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