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NVIRONMENT

Important Consideration (FTP and TFTP)

During the save procedure, the current configuration can be altered.
To detect this event, the software runs checksum on the NVRAM
before and after the save.

If the checksum is different, you are notified and prompted to save the
configuration again. In abnormal situations, this reiteration can
continue indefinitely, so you are given the option to terminate the
save. You are also prompted for a retry request after a network (TFTP)
I/O failure.

Options

Procedure

1 To save NV data, from the top level of the Administration Console, enter:

system nvData save

The system prompts you for information about saving the data. To accept
the value in brackets, press Return. Any entry for IP address, filename,
and user name becomes the new default.

2 Enter the IP address of the TFTP or FTP server.

3 If you are using TFTP and your implementation requires a full path, enter

the full pathname of the control file. (Some implementations allow you to
specify only the file name, and the server uses the default TFTP directory.)

The system prompt says

NV Control file,

so enter the name of the

control file without the NVD extension.

4 Optionally, enter a label for the file.

Example:

Host IP Address [158.101.100.1]: 158.101.112.34

NV Control file (full pathname): nvdata

Enter an optional file label: Labdata

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

Host IP
address

IP address of the host on which
you want to store the data file

Any valid IP address Previous IP

address used

NV control
file

Full path of the file where you
want to store the NV data

File label
(optional)

Meaningful description of the
file

32-character text
string