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Installing and Migrating to Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1
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Chapter 3 Preparing to Install Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1
Licensing Your Product
Note When you want to specify the location of the License file in the Soft Appliance server, you must use
FTP/SFTP/SCP commands to transfer files to the Soft Appliance server. See Transferring Files to Soft
Appliance Server for more information.
Transferring Files to Soft Appliance Server
In the LMS Soft Appliance when you specify the location of the License file or some other file, you must
use FTP/SFTP/SCP commands to transfer files to the Soft Appliance server:
To transfer files to or from the Soft Appliance server:
Step 1 Log into the Soft Appliance server through the command line, using a SSH client/console access. To log
into the server, you have to use the sysadmin account that was created at the time of installation.
Step 2 To log into the shell:
a. Enter the command shell.
b. Enter the shell password.
Note By default, the shell will be enabled with sysadmin password. If you want to change the shell password,
use Vsphere console and enter the command
shell_enable in sysadmin mode. On using Vsphere
console, you will not have to enter the old password whereas on using other console, you will be
prompted to enter the old password.
Step 3 Transfer the files using the following FTP, SFTP or SCP commands:
• FTP command
To log into FTP server use the below command:
ftp -i -n FTP_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS
ftp> user
USER_NAME PASSWORD
Ensure that the file to be transfered is available in the FTP server.
To transfer the file to the Soft Appliance, use the below command:
ftp>get FILE_NAME
To transfer a file from the Soft Appliance, use the below command:
ftp>put FILE_NAME
Note Ensure that you provide the appropriate path to the navigate to the folder where the file is
located.
• SFTP command
To log into the SFTP server use the below command:
sftp user@SFTP_IP_ADDRESS:PATH
Ensure that the file to be transfered is available in the SFTP server.
To transfer the file to the Soft Appliance, use the below command:
sftp>get FILE_NAME