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1 filename conventions, 2 ftp command line procedure, Table 74 filename conventions – ZyXEL Communications ES-2108 Series User Manual

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Chapter 26 Maintenance

ES-2108 Series User’s Guide

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26.8.1 Filename Conventions

The configuration file contains the Switch’s settings. Once you have customized the Switch's
settings, they can be saved (as a plain text file) back to your computer under a filename of your
choosing.

ZyNOS (ZyXEL Network Operating System sometimes referred to as the “ras” file) is the
system firmware and has a “bin” filename extension.

26.8.1.1 Example FTP Commands

ftp> put firmware.bin ras

This is a sample FTP session showing the transfer of the computer file "firmware.bin" to the
Switch.

ftp> get config config.cfg

This is a sample FTP session saving the current configuration to a file called “config.cfg” on
your computer.

If your (T)FTP client does not allow you to have a destination filename different than the
source, you will need to rename them as the Switch only recognizes “config” and “ras”. Be
sure you keep unaltered copies of both files for later use.

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Be sure to upload the correct model firmware as uploading the wrong model
firmware may damage your device.

26.8.2 FTP Command Line Procedure

1 Launch the FTP client on your computer.
2 Enter

open

, followed by a space and the IP address of your Switch.

3 Enter the username when prompted (for example “admin”).
4 Enter your password as requested (the default is “1234”).
5 Enter

bin

to set transfer mode to binary.

6 Use

put

to transfer files from the computer to the Switch, for example,

put

firmware.bin ras

transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the

Switch and renames it to “ras”. Similarly,

put config.cfg config

transfers the

configuration file on your computer (config.cfg) to the Switch and renames it to
“config”. Likewise

get config config.cfg

transfers the configuration file on the

Table 74 Filename Conventions

FILE TYPE

INTERNAL
NAME

EXTERNA
L NAME

DESCRIPTION

Configuration File

config

This is the configuration filename on the Switch.
Uploading the config file replaces the specified
configuration file system, including your Switch
configurations, system-related data (including the
default password), the error log and the trace log.

Firmware

ras

*.bin

This is the generic name for the ZyNOS firmware on
the Switch.