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AT-S62 Command Line User’s Guide

The APPBLOCK option of the DESTFILE parameter refers to the switch’s application block, which is the portion of flash memory reserved for the active AT-S62 image. This option downloads a new version of the AT-S62 image file into the application block, making it the active image file on the switch.

Note

The APPBLOCK option should only be used when downloading a new AT-S62 image file, and not with any other file type.

Before downloading a file onto a switch using Xmodem, note the following:

❑An Xmodem download is possible only from a local management session on a switch.

❑Xmodem can download a file only onto the switch where you started the local management session. It cannot download a file through enhanced stacking.

❑The file to download must be stored on the computer or terminal connected to the RS232 Terminal Port on the switch.

❑The transfer protocol can be Xmodem or 1K Xmodem.

❑When downloading a new configuration file, the switch does not automatically designate the file as its active boot configuration file. To designate a configuration file as the active boot file, refer to SET CONFIG on page 232.

❑The AT-S62 software image is supported only on AT-8500 Series switches.

❑The current configuration of a switch is retained when a new AT-S62 software image is installed.

❑The AT-S62 image file contains the bootloader for the switch. You cannot load the image file and bootloader separately.

❑If you download a new AT-S62 image file and enter a filename for the DESTFILE parameter instead of APPBLOCK, the file is stored in the switch’s file system. To copy an image file from the file system to the switch’s application block, refer to LOAD METHOD=LOCAL on page 236.

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