H3C Technologies H3C WX3000 Series Unified Switches - Manual (Page 554)

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Host Configuration File Loading
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The term switch used throughout this document refers to a switching device in a generic sense or
the switching engine of a WX3000 series.
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The sample output information in this manual was created on the WX3024. The output information
on your device may vary.
Traditionally, device software is loaded through a serial port. This approach is slow, time-consuming
and cannot be used for remote loading. To resolve these problems, the TFTP and FTP modules are
introduced into the device. With these modules, you can load/download software/files conveniently to
the device through an Ethernet port.
This chapter introduces how to load the host configuration file to the device remotely.
Introduction to Loading Approaches
You can load software remotely by using:
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FTP
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TFTP
If your terminal is not directly connected to the device, you can telnet to the device, and use FTP or
TFTP to load the host configuration file remotely.
Remote Loading Using FTP
Loading procedure using FTP client
1) Loading the host configuration file
As shown in Figure 52-1 , a PC is used as both the configuration device and the FTP server. You can
telnet to Switch, and then execute the FTP commands to download the host configuration file from the
remote FTP server (whose IP address is 10.1.1.1) to Switch.
Figure 52-1 Remote loading using FTP Client
Switch PC
FTP Client
Ethernet port
Internet
FTP Server
10.1.1 .1
Step 1: Download the file to the device using FTP commands.
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