Cabletron Systems 1800 Copying a SmartSwitch 1800 Directory to/from a PC

On-line Operat ions 19-7
Copying a SmartSwitch 1800 Directory to/from a PC
This operation applies only to a SmartSwitch 1800 with a PC attached to
the Con sole po rt. The PC mus t be runn ing Proc omm Plu s with ZMODEM.
The pr oce d ure was te s t ed u si n g P rocomm P lus 2.1 for W i nd ow s , but other
versi o ns c on t a ini n g ZMODEM shou ld a l s o w or k. I t i s as s um e d t h at a n yo ne
performing this procedure knows how to use ZMODEM.
This operation places a heavy load on the SmartSwitch 1800's
central processor, and should be performed only when there is
minimal traffic on the node.
This operation copies an entrire directory from an SmartSwitch 1800 to the locally
attached PC and back. This is useful for backing up the SmartSwitch 1800's configu-
ration database.
Copying t he Direc tory to th e PC
1. Make sure a directory with the same name as the one in the SmartSwitch 1800
exists in the PC.
2. In Procomm, use Setup to specify a Download Path to the desired directory.
3. Press [G] at the SmartSwitc h 1800 On-Line Node Operations Menu (or [B], [A],
[G] from the Main Menu).
4. After reading the warning, press [Y].
5. Cl ick on the P ro comm Receive File icon.
6. After all files in the directory have been received on the PC, press [Enter] when
prompted to strike any key. The On-Line Node Operations Menu will be dis-
played.
Copying t he Direc tory from the PC
1. In Procomm, use Setup if necessary to specify an Upload Path, which identifies
the directory (in the PC) to be copied to the SmartSwitch 1800.
2. Press [H ] at the SmartSwitch 1800 On-Line Node Operations Menu (or [B], [A], [H]
from the Main Menu ).
3. After reading the warning, press [Enter].
4. Cl ick on the P ro comm Sen d File icon.
5. After all files in the directory have been copied to the SmartSwitch 1800, press
[Enter] when prom pted to strike any key. The On-Line Node Operations Menu
will be displayed.