Owner's Manual

824 | Appendix B. Software Upgrade and Boot Options
NETGEAR 8800 User Manual
Using TFTP to Download the Configuration
You can download previously saved XML formatted XOS configuration files from a TFTP host
to the switch to modify the switch configuration. Do not use a text editor to view or modify
your switch configuration files; modify your switch configurations directly in the CLI.
To view your current switch configuration in ASCII-format, see ASCII-Formatted
Configuration Files on page 819 for more information about uploading and downloading
ASCII-formatted configuration files.
For more information about TFTP, see Using the Trivial File Transfer Protocol on page 62.
To download the configuration from a TFTP host to the switch, you can use either the tftp or
the
tftp get command:
• tftp [<host-name> | <ip-address>] -g -r <remote-file> {-l <local-file>}
Where the following is true:
• host-name—Is the host name of the TFTP server
• ip-address—Is the IP address of the TFTP server
• -g—Gets the specified file from the TFTP server and copies it to the local host
• -r <remote-file>—Specifies the name of the configuration file that you want to
retrieve from the TFTP server
• -l <local-file>—Specifies the name of the configuration file on the switch
• tftp get [host-name> | <ip-address>] <remote-file> {<local-file>}
{force-overwrite}
Where the following is true:
• get—Gets the specified file from the TFTP server and copies it to the local host
• host-name—Is the host name of the TFTP server
• ip-address—Is the IP address of the TFTP server
• <remote_file>—Specifies the name of the configuration file that you want to retrieve
from the TFTP server
• <local-file>—Specifies the name of the configuration file on the switch
• force-overwrite—Specifies the switch to automatically overwrite an existing file
Note: By default, if you transfer a file with a name that already exists on the
system, the switch prompts you to overwrite the existing file. For more
information, see the tftp get command in the NETGEAR 8800 Chassis
Switch CLI Manual.
If you download a configuration file and see the following message:
Error: Transfer timed out