User's Manual

Using PC Modem Access to
Transfer Configuration and NCL
Display
With an IBM-compatible personal computer (PC host) connected to the
router’s console port, you can use the Zmodem protocol with two NCL
commands, Zput and Zget, to do the following:
Copy a router configuration to the PC host for storage.
Copy a router configuration from the PC host to the original router
or to other routers.
Copy the displayed output of certain NCL commands into a PC host
file.
The PC must be emulating a VT100 or ANSI terminal, and can be
connected either directly or using a modem to the router’s console port.
Also, the PC must be running a Zmodem-compatible terminal emulation
program such as PROCOMM PLUS*. This section describes the use of
NCL commands with the PROCOMM PLUS terminal emulation program
(version 2.01).
Note You can use other PC host versons of Zmodem. However, the exact
procedure for invoking them depends on how each is implemented, and
is likely to differ from the procedures shown on the following pages.
The commands available in this category are the following:
Zput: Copies NCL command output or the router configuration from
the router to a file on the console PC. Refer to page 7-33.
Zget: Copies a router configuration from a file on the console PC to
the router. Refer to page 7-36.
Note Recommended Hardware Connections:
For direct and modem hardware connections between the PC host and
the router, refer to the “HP Cables” and “Other Standard Cables”
sections in appendix A of the Installation Guide for the correct cables.
* PROCOMM PLUS is a product of Datastorm Technologies, Inc.
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