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Remote management, Storing files in flash memory, Remote management storing files in flash memory – Allied Telesis AT-8700XL Series Switch User Manual

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Operating the switch

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Software Release 2.6.1
C613-02030-00 REV B

Remote Management

You can manage remote switches as easily as you manage the local switch a
terminal is connected to. From a terminal connected to any port (with either
USER or MANAGER privilege), enter the command:

TELNET ipadd

to Telnet to the remote switch, specifying the remote switch’s IP address.

For information about how to set routes and on how you assign an IP address
to your switch, see “Setting Routes” on page 15 and “Assigning an IP Address
on page 14.

If the connection is successful, a login prompt from the remote switch is
displayed. Login using a login name that has been defined with MANAGER
privilege (such as the default MANAGER login name), and enter the
password.

To return to the local switch and terminate the connection, enter the command:

LOGOFF

For more information about using Telnet, see the Terminal Server chapter in the
AT-8700XL Series Software Reference.

Storing Files in FLASH Memory

When you purchase the switch, the switch software release, the online help
files, and a default configuration file are stored in FLASH memory, where they
are saved even if the switch is powered down. You will use the FLASH
memory to store updated software releases or patches, and files that record the
switch’s configuration. FLASH memory is like a flat file system, with no
subdirectories.

The switch also has Random Access Memory (RAM). The switch software uses
RAM to run the switch. When you enter commands to configure the switch
these commands affect the dynamic configuration in RAM.

FLASH memory is like a flat file system, with no subdirectories.

File names of up to 16 characters long, with extensions of 3 characters (DOS
16.3 format), are supported on the switch. However, files on the switch are
stored

in FLASH using the DOS 8.3 format of 8 characters long, with

extensions of 3 characters. For example, the file

extralongfilenam.cfg

may

be saved as

extral~1.cfg

in the FLASH File System. Therefore, files can be

accessed via two file names, either of which can be used for file management.

A translation table, named

longname.lfn

, converts file names between DOS

16.3 format and DOS 8.3 format. To reconcile file names the switch consults the
translation table which is synchronised with file contents in memory. For more
information about working with files see the Working With Files section,
Operation chapter, AT-8700XL Series Software Reference.

To display the files in FLASH, enter the command:

SHOW FILE