NETGEAR NETGEAR user manual Ping, Reload, Copy, Formatreload

User Manual for the NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Software

ping

This command checks if another computer is on the network and listens for connections. To use this command, configure the switch for network (in-band) connection. The source and target devices must have the ping utility enabled and running on top of TCP/IP. The switch can be pinged from any IP workstation with which the switch is connected through the default VLAN (VLAN 1), as long as there is a physical path between the switch and the workstation. The terminal interface sends, three pings to the target station.

Format	ping <ipaddr>
Mode	Privileged EXEC and User EXEC

reload

This command resets the switch without powering it off. Reset means that all network connections are terminated and the boot code executes. The switch uses the stored configuration to initialize the switch. You are prompted to confirm that the reset should proceed. A successful reset is indicated by the LEDs on the switch.

Formatreload

Mode Privileged EXEC

copy

This command uploads and downloads to/from the switch. Local URLs can be specified using tftp or xmodem. The following can be specified as the source file for uploading from the switch: startup configuration (nvram:startup-config), error log (nvram:errorlog), message log (nvram:msglog), trap log (nvram:traplog) and configuration script(nvram:configscript <scriptname>). A URL is specified for the destination.

The command can also be used to download the startup configuration, code image or configuration script by specifying the source as a URL and destination as nvram:startup-config, .system:imageor nvram:configscript respectively.

The <scriptname> is the name of the script file to be uploaded. During download of a configuration script the copy command will validate the script being downloaded. In case of any error, the command will list all the line at the end of validation process and confirm from user for copying the script file.

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202-10088-01, March 2005