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File Transfers
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File Transfers

Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Downloading an Operating System (OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
General OS Download Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Using TFTP To Download an OS Image from a Server . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Menu: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary Flash . . . . . . . A-4
CLI: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary or
Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Using Xmodem to Download an OS Image From a PC or UNIX
Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
CLI: Xmodem Download from a PC or Unix Workstation
to Primary or Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Switch-to-Switch Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Menu: Switch-to-Switch Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . . A-9
CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
Using the HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Troubleshooting TFTP Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Transferring Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote Host, PC, or
Unix Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Copying Command Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-16
Copying Event Log Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-17
Copying Crash Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . . . . A-17
Copying Crash Log Data Content to a Desti nation Device . . . . A-18