Specifications

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Cisco MGX 8260 Command Line Interface Guide
Release 1.2, Part Number 78-10987-01 Rev. B0, January, 2002
Chapter 3 Card Management
Saving and Restoring Card Configurations
To restore a card configuration, follow these steps:
Step 1 Log onto a workstation and locate the configuration file to download.
Step 2 Initiate a tftp session with the target MGX 8260 Media Gateway using the tftp command.
tftp <IP Address>
Specify the IP address of the MGX 8260 management port in standard IP dot notation.
Note tftp is an operating system command executed by the management workstation.
Step 3 Set the transfer mode to binary using the tftp mode command.
mode binary
Step 4 Start the file transfer using the tftp put command.
put <srcImageFileName> <destImageFileName>.<Security Key>
Step 5 Confirm the file transfer.
Restoring Configurations
You can restore the MGX 8260 to a previous configuration using the dbrstr command. This command
retrieves a configuration file from the SCC hard disk and restores all cards accordingly. Before
performing this procedure, check your records to determine the name of the backup file you want to
restore.
Warning This is a service-affecting action. Perform this task when the equipment is down or
during a pre-arranged maintenance window.
To restore MGX 8260 configurations, follow these steps.
Step 1 Log onto the desired MGX 8260.
Step 2 At the command prompt, type database restore command and the configuration file name. Omit the .cfg
extension from the file name.
Parameter Description
srcImageFileName The path and file name of the source file stored on your server
destImageFileName The name of the configuration file. This name indicates the card type,
major release, minor release, and version, followed by the .cfg
extension. For example, SCC_R01.02.03.CFG is the database for
software release 1.2.3.
SecurityKey The six-character alphanumeric security key for the target MGX 8260