Users Guide

Contents 19
14 Images and File Management . . . . . . . . 507
Image and File Management Overview . . . . . . . . . 507
What Files Can Be Managed?
. . . . . . . . . . . 507
Why Is File Management Needed?
. . . . . . . . . 509
What Methods Are Supported for File
Management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
What Factors Should Be Considered When
Managing Files?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
How Is the Running Configuration Saved? . . . . . 515
N3000 Dual Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
Access Router/Switch Role
. . . . . . . . . . . . 516
Aggregation Router Role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Managing Images and Files (Web) . . . . . . . . . . . 518
File System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Active Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
USB Flash Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
File Download
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
File Upload
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Copy Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
Managing Images and Files (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Downloading and Activating a New Image
(TFTP)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Managing Files in Internal Flash . . . . . . . . . . 528
Managing Files on a USB Flash Device . . . . . . 529
Uploading a Configuration File (SCP)
. . . . . . . . 530
Managing Configuration Scripts (SFTP)
. . . . . . 531
File and Image Management Configuration
Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Upgrading the Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Managing Configuration Scripts . . . . . . . . . . 535