Asante Technologies 6000 Series - Manual (Page 63)

Agent
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Agent
This menu displays read-only and configurable SNMP agent information
for the device; including; the image load method and protocol and the
out-of-band dial string and baud rate.
Table 5-3 describes each field in the Agent menu.
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Note: For instructions on using this menu, see “Config-
uring Out-of-Band Information” on page 4-6 and “Config-
uring Bootstrap Parameters” on page 4-7.
Table 5-3 Agent Menu
Field Description
SWVersion Major Read-only field; displays the major software version
number of the agent runtime image.
SWVersion Minor Read-only field; displays the minor software version
number of the agent runtime image.
Image Load Mode Configurable field; determines if the device is to load
the software image from its internal FLASH EPROM or
from the network.
❏
localBoot — the software image is loaded
from the device’s FLASH EPROM.
❏
netBoot — the software image is loaded from
the network.
Method Read-only field; displays the method for getting boot
parameter information (always displays eeprom-
BootInfo [use EEPROM boot parameters]).
Protocol Configurable field; determines the method used for
requesting the software image file from the network.
❏
bootp-tftp — the device requests an IP
address from a BootP server and downloads
the software image file through TFTP (trivial
transfer protocol).
❏
tftp — the device only downloads the soft-
ware image file through TFTP (an IP address is
not requested).
File Configurable field; determines the name and network
path of the software image file.
Dial String Configurable field; determines the initialization string
used by the network management station to establish
an out-of-band connection (such as a modem).
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