AI296 Version 9.8x User’s Guide
AI296 Commands: tftp
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tftp
Note: This command is only available when AI296 is in standalone mode.
Description
This command downloads a file from the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server
to AI296 or uploads a file to the TFTP server from AI296.
The following rules apply when uploading or downloading a file:
zFile names must contain an extension of .ini, .img, .zmg, .cnf, or .txt.
zConfiguration files can be downloaded directly to file primary.cnf or to another .cnf
file.
zThe only .txt file allowed is banner.txt and the only .ini file allowed is boot.ini.
zAI296 must be updated in order to run a downloaded image file.
zAny .img filename is acceptable except boot.img, which is reserved, and
primary_devel.img, which is the primary image.
zAll .zmg files must be written to a destination file with a .img extension. If no
destination file name is given, the name will default to the source file name with a
.img extension.
zThe source and destination file names must have the same extension (excluding
.zmg files, which use a .img extension).
Command Type
shell
Formats
tftp
get [
address
] [
source_filename
] [
dest_filename
]
put [
address
] [
source_filename
] [
dest_filename
]