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Appendix B. Software Upgrade and Boot Options | 821
NETGEAR 8800 User Manual
Downloading the ASCII Configuration File to the Switch
To download the configuration from the TFTP server to the switch, use the tftp or tftp get
command. For example, to retrieve the configuration file named meg-upload_config1.xsf
from a TFTP server with an IP address of 10.10.10.10, you can use one of the following
commands:
tftp 10.10.10.10 -g -r meg_upload_config1.xsf
tftp get 10.10.10.10 meg_upload_config1.xsf
If you successfully download the configuration to the switch, the switch displays a message
similar to the following:
Downloading meg_upload_config1.xsf to switch... done!
Verifying that the ASCII Configuration File is on the Switch
To confirm that the ASCII configuration file is on the switch, use the ls command. The file
with an .xsf extension is the ASCII configuration.
The following sample output contains an ASCII configuration file:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 98362 Nov 2 13:53 Nov022005.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 117136 Dec 12 12:56 epicenter.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 68 Oct 26 11:17 mcastgroup.pol
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 21203 Dec 13 15:40 meg_upload_config1.xsf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 119521 Dec 6 14:35 primary.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 96931 Nov 11 11:01 primary_11_11_05.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 92692 Jul 19 16:42 secondary.cfg
Loading the ASCII Configuration File
After downloading the configuration file, you must load the new configuration on the switch.
To load and restore the ASCII configuration file, use the load script <filename> {arg1} {arg2}
... {arg9} command. After issuing this command, the ASCII configuration quickly scrolls
across the screen.
The following is an example of the type of information displayed when loading the ASCII
configuration file:
script.meg_upload_config1.xsf.389 # enable snmp access
script.meg_upload_config1.xsf.390 # enable snmp traps
script.meg_upload_config1.xsf.391 # configure mstp region purple
script.meg_upload_config1.xsf.392 # configure mstp revision 3
script.meg_upload_config1.xsf.393 # configure mstp format 0
script.meg_upload_config1.xsf.394 # create stpd s0
Instead of entering each command individually, the script runs and loads the CLI on the
switch.