3Com 3500 manual Valid Minimum Abbreviation Important Considerations, Procedure

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script Executes a command file that you have written to expedite and automate Administration Console tasks.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

sc

Important Considerations

■Any command that you can enter in the Administration Console can be part of a script. You can even script your entire system setup so that you can repeat the exact setup on other systems.

■You create scripts in an ASCII-based line editor, such as EMACS or vi. Scripts must be stored on the TFTP server. For the CoreBuilder 3500, you can select TFTP or FTP as the file transfer method. See “system fileTransfer” earlier in this chapter for more details.

■Some TFTP implementations require that you store the script file in the same directory in which the TFTP daemon (server) is running on the remote host.

■Because TFTP provides no user authentication, make the file permissions loose so that the public can read and write to the file. TFTP servers do not grant requests for file access.

Procedure

1From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:

script

The system prompts you for information about where you have stored the script that you want to run: host IP address and file path

Press Return at any prompt to accept the current or default value in brackets.

2Enter the path name to the script file. If you are using TFTP, see “system snapshot save” earlier in this chapter for more details about pathname requirements.

The task that you scripted runs in the Administration Console.