Allied Telesis AT-S41 - Manual (Page 50)

AT-S41 User’s Guide
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Remote
If you choose the remote boot load mode, the stack
downloads software from a TFTP server and boots using
the newly downloaded management software.
Set Boot [M]ode
If you are using the remote boot load mode, you need to specify
how the stack should download the new management software.
There are two boot mode options: DHCP and TFTP.
When downloading the image:
DHCP
The stack will get an IP address, TFTP server IP address, and
a filename from the DHCP server. The stack will then use
this information to connect to the TFTP server and
download the filename it received and boot the
downloaded file as the image. If this file does not exist, it
uses the file which it last booted off of successfully.
TFTP
The stack will use the IP address it had prior to reboot to
download the image file from the server through TFTP
using the information configured in “Switch Tools ->
Software Upgrade -> TFTP Software Upgrade”.
When downloading the configuration:
The stack will get the TFTP server and file information from
what is configured in the menu; “Switch Tools ->
Configuration File Upload/Download -> TFTP
Configuration File Upload/Download”. This information
cannot be learned from the DHCP server.
DHCP
The stack will get an IP address from a DHCP server which
will then be used to TFTP the configuration file from the
server. If the configuration file has a static IP address
assigned in it, then the IP address would be overwritten
after the configuration file has been loaded.
TFTP
The stack will use the IP address it had prior to reboot to
download the configuration file from the server through
TFTP.