Asante Technologies 6000 Series user manual Agent

Agent

Agent

This menu displays read-only and configurable SNMP agent information for the device; including; the image load method and protocol and the out-of-band dial string and baud rate.

Table 5-3 describes each field in the Agent menu.

ΔNote: For instructions on using this menu, see “Config- uring Out-of-Band Information” on page 4-6 and “Config- uring Bootstrap Parameters” on page 4-7.

	Table 5-3 Agent Menu
Field	Description
SWVersion Major	Read-only field; displays the major software version
	number of the agent runtime image.
SWVersion Minor	Read-only field; displays the minor software version
	number of the agent runtime image.
Image Load Mode	Configurable field; determines if the device is to load
	the software image from its internal FLASH EPROM or
	from the network.
	❏ localBoot — the software image is loaded
	from the device’s FLASH EPROM.
	❏ netBoot — the software image is loaded from
	the network.
Method	Read-only field; displays the method for getting boot
	parameter information (always displays eeprom-
	BootInfo [use EEPROM boot parameters]).
Protocol	Configurable field; determines the method used for
	requesting the software image file from the network.
	❏ bootp-tftp— the device requests an IP
	address from a BootP server and downloads
	the software image file through TFTP (trivial
	transfer protocol).
	❏ tftp — the device only downloads the soft-
	ware image file through TFTP (an IP address is
	not requested).
File	Configurable field; determines the name and network
	path of the software image file.
Dial String	Configurable field; determines the initialization string
	used by the network management station to establish
	an out-of-band connection (such as a modem).

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