Allied Telesis AT-8550 - Manual (Page 238)

Using TFTP to Upload the Configuration
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Using TFTP to Upload the Configuration
You can upload the current configuration to a TFTP server on your
network. The uploaded ASCII file retains the command-line interface
(CLI) format. This allows you to do the following:
❑ Modify the configuration using a text editor, and later
download a copy of the file to the same switch, or to one or
more different switches.
❑ Send a copy of the configuration file to the Allied Telesyn’s
Technical Support department department for problem-
solving purposes.
❑ Automatically upload the configuration file every day, so that
the TFTP server can archive the configuration on a daily basis.
Because the filename is not changed, the configured file
stored in the TFTP server is overwritten every day.
To upload the configuration, use the command
upload configuration [ |
] {every | cancel}
where the following is true:
❑
ipaddress — Is the IP address of the TFTP server.
❑
hostname — Is the hostname of the TFTP server. (You must
enable DNS to use this option.)
❑ filename — Is the name of the ASCII file. The filename can
be up to 255 characters long, and can not include any spaces,
commas, quotation marks, or special characters.
❑ every — Specifies the time of day you want the
configuration automatically uploaded on a daily basis.
❑
cancel — Cancels automatic upload, if it has been
previously configured.