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Administration from the command-line interface

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Administration from the command-line interface

Administrative tasks for Digi devices can also be performed from the command line. Here

are several device-administration tasks and the commands used to perform them. See the

Digi Connect Family Command Reference for more complete command descriptions.

Administrative task Command

Backup/restore a configuration from a

TFTP server on the network

backup

Update firmware boot

 Telnet to the Digi device's command line

interface using a telnet application or

hyperterm.

 If security is enabled for the Digi device, a

username is “root” and the default password is

“dbps.” If these defaults do not work, contact

the system administrator who set up the

device.

 Issue the command:

#> boot load=tftp-server-ip:filename

where tftp-server-ip is the IP address of the

TFTP server that contains the firmware, and

filename is the name of the file to upload.

Reset configuration to factory defaults revert

boot action=factory

Display system information and statistics info

Reboot the device boot

Enable/disable network services set service