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Downloading a file – Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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AT-S62 User’s Guide

Section VIII: Web Browser Management

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Downloading a File

This procedure explains how to download a file from a TFTP server on
your network to the switch using the web browser interface. You can
download any of the following files:

❑ AT-S62 image file

❑ Boot configuration file

❑ Public key

❑ CA certificate

Note

The public key and CA certificate are only supported on the version
of AT-S62 management software that features SSL, PKI, and SSH
security.

Caution

Installing a new AT-S62 image file will invoke a switch reset. Some
network traffic may be lost.

Note the following before you begin this procedure:

❑ You must use TFTP to download a file from a web browser

management session.

❑ There must be a node on your network that contains the TFTP

server software.

❑ The file that you are downloading must be stored on the TFTP

server node.

❑ You should start the TFTP server before you begin the download

procedure.

❑ The AT-S62 image file contains the bootloader for the switch. You

cannot load the image file and bootloader separately.

❑ Installing a new AT-S62 software image does not change the

current configuration of a switch (for instance, IP address, subnet
mask, and virtual LANs). If you want to return a switch to its default
configuration values, refer to Returning the AT-S62 Software to
the Factory Default Values on page 76.

❑ The switch on which you are downloading the file must have an IP

address and subnet mask, such as a master switch of an enhanced
stack. You cannot use TFTP on a slave switch, since that type of