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Chapter 38 Maintenance

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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
Switch to your computer and renames it to “config.cfg”. See

Table 121 on page

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for more information on filename conventions.

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Enter quit to exit the ftp prompt.

38.8.3 GUI-based FTP Clients

The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in GUI-
based FTP clients.

38.8.4 FTP Restrictions

FTP will not work when:

• FTP service is disabled in the Service Access Control screen.
• The IP address(es) in the Remote Management screen does not match the

client IP address. If it does not match, the Switch will disconnect the FTP session

immediately.

Table 122 General Commands for GUI-based FTP Clients

COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

Host Address

Enter the address of the host server.

Login Type

Anonymous.

This is when a user I.D. and password is automatically supplied to
the server for anonymous access. Anonymous logins will work only
if your ISP or service administrator has enabled this option.

Normal.

The server requires a unique User ID and Password to login.

Transfer Type

Transfer files in either ASCII (plain text format) or in binary mode.
Configuration and firmware files should be transferred in binary
mode.

Initial Remote
Directory

Specify the default remote directory (path).

Initial Local
Directory

Specify the default local directory (path).