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Select the appropriate card from the list—for example, if you want to download the configuration of the active switch card, select 1 from the menu.

Make sure you select a type of card that matches the configuration data on the files you want to download. In this case, the data on the files must have been uploaded from a switch card. If you choose the wrong type, the data will not be downloaded and you will get an error message.

3The types of configuration data you can download are displayed as follows.

File Types: 1<All>

2<Box Profile> 3<ATM Addresses> 4<PNNI Configuration> 5<LANE Security> 6<PVC Connections> 7<LECS Topology> 8<LECS Order List> 9<Other>

Select File type:

Enter the number of the type of configuration parameters you want to download. For example, if you want to download all configuration parameters, select File type 1.

4Enter the IP address of the TFTP server:

Server IP address: 100.0.0.111

5Enter the name of the file to receive the data on disk:

Name of file to be downloaded: 7000_cfg

Enter a file name without an extension. For the “All” option, the system adds sequential extensions.

After you confirm the download, all LMA and SNMP set operations are disabled until the download is finished and you reboot the system. The following warning is displayed:

Warning: This action will disable set operations on the

target Device.

6Confirm the download.

Start download to 100.0.0.111, file name 7000_cfg, (Y/N)? y

The following messages are displayed for each data type:

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7000 specifications

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