108CHAPTER 3: SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT

Important Consideration (FTP and TFTP)

During the save procedure, the current configuration can be altered. To detect this event, the software runs checksum on the NVRAM before and after the save.

If the checksum is different, you are notified and prompted to save the configuration again. In abnormal situations, this reiteration can continue indefinitely, so you are given the option to terminate the save. You are also prompted for a retry request after a network (TFTP) I/O failure.

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

 

 

 

 

Host IP

IP address of the host on which

Any valid IP address

Previous IP

address

you want to store the data file

 

address used

NV control

Full path of the file where you

file

want to store the NV data

 

 

File label

Meaningful description of the

32-character text

(optional)

file

string

 

 

 

 

 

Procedure

1To save NV data, from the top level of the Administration Console, enter:

system nvData save

The system prompts you for information about saving the data. To accept the value in brackets, press Return. Any entry for IP address, filename, and user name becomes the new default.

2Enter the IP address of the TFTP or FTP server.

3If you are using TFTP and your implementation requires a full path, enter the full pathname of the control file. (Some implementations allow you to specify only the file name, and the server uses the default TFTP directory.)

The system prompt says NV Control file, so enter the name of the control file without the NVD extension.

4Optionally, enter a label for the file.

Example:

Host IP Address [158.101.100.1]: 158.101.112.34

NV Control file (full pathname): nvdata

Enter an optional file label: Labdata

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3Com 3500 manual Important Consideration FTP and Tftp, Optionally, enter a label for the file Example, Previous IP