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

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