Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 233)

AT-S63 Management Software Command Line Interface User’s Guide
Section II: Advanced Operations 233
downloaded file, you must be sure to give it the correct three-letter
extension, depending on the file type. The extensions are shown in
Table 5 on page 229.
To download the file onto a flash memory card in the switch, precede the
name with “cflash:”.
The APPBLOCK option of the DESTFILE parameter refers to the switch’s
application block, which is the portion of flash memory reserved for the
active AT-S63 image. This option downloads a new version of the AT-S63
image file into the application block, making it the active image file on the
switch.
Note
The APPBLOCK option should only be used when downloading a
new AT-S63 image file, and not with any other file type.
Before downloading a file onto a switch using Xmodem, note the following:
ˆ An Xmodem download is possible only from a local management
session on a switch.
ˆ Xmodem can download a file only onto the switch where you started
the local management session. It cannot download a file through
enhanced stacking.
ˆ The file to download must be stored on the computer or terminal
connected to the RS232 Terminal Port on the switch.
ˆ The transfer protocol can be Xmodem or 1K Xmodem.
ˆ When downloading a new configuration file, the switch does not
automatically designate the file as its active boot configuration file. To
designate a configuration file as the active boot file, refer to “SET
CONFIG” on page 219.
ˆ The AT-S63 software image is supported only on AT-9400 Series
switches.
ˆ The current configuration of a switch is retained when a new AT-S63
software image is installed.
ˆ The AT-S63 image file contains the bootloader for the switch. You
cannot load the image file and bootloader separately.
ˆ If you download a new AT-S63 image file and enter a filename for the
DESTFILE parameter instead of APPBLOCK, the file is stored in the
switch’s file system. To copy an image file from the file system to the
switch’s application block, refer to “LOAD METHOD=LOCAL” on
page 226.