3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 43 File System Management
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Switch PC

Network

SwitchSwitch PC

Network

Figure 43-4 TFTP configuration
Table 43-17 lists the configuration of the switch as TFTP client.
Table 43-17 Configuration of the switch as TFTP client
Device Configuration Default Description
Configure IP address for
the VLAN interface of
the switch, in the same
network segment as that
of TFTP server.
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TFTP is right for the case where no
complicated interactions are
required between the client and
server. Make sure that the route is
reachable between the switch and
the TFTP server.
Switch
Use the tftp command to
log into the remote TFTP
server for file uploading
and downloading.
— —
PC Start TFTP server and
set authorized TFTP
directory. — —
43.4.2 Downloading Files by Means of TFTP
To download a file, the client sends a request to the TFTP server and then receives
data from it and sends acknowledgement to it. You can use the following commands to
download files by means of TFTP.
Perform the following configuration in user view.
Table 43-18 Download files by means of TFTP
Operation Command
Download files by means of TFTP tftp tftp-server get source-file [ dest-file ]
In the command, tftp-server indicates the IP address or host name of TFTP server;
source-file indicates the file information to be downloaded from TFTP server; dest-file
indicates the name of the file downloaded on switch.