Nortel Networks 2500 Series manual Configuration File Download/Upload, Requirements

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Configuration File Download/Upload

The Configuration Management feature lets you store and retrieve the configuration parameters of an Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series to a TFTP server. This feature supports two different methods for managing system configuration files:

•Binary configuration file management

•ASCII configuration file management

Requirements

The following requirements apply to the Configuration file feature:

•The Configuration File feature can only be used to copy standalone switch configuration parameters to other standalone switches.

•A configuration file obtained from a standalone switch can only be used to configure other standalone switches that have the same firmware revision and model type as the donor standalone switch.

Table 8 "Parameters not saved to the configuration file" (page 73) describes configuration file parameter information.

Table 8

Parameters not saved to the configuration file

These parameters are not saved

In-Band Switch IP Address

In-Band Subnet Mask

Default Gateway

Configuration Image Filename

TFTP Server IP Address

Terminal settings (speed, width, length)

Binary configuration file

You can store the configuration parameters of a switch to a TFTP server and retrieve the stored parameters to automatically configure a replacement switch. Certain requirements apply when automatically configuring a switch using this feature (see "Requirements" (page 73)). You can set up the file on your TFTP server and set the filename read and write permission to enabled before you can save the configuration parameters.

Although most configuration parameters are saved to the configuration file, certain parameters are not saved (see Table 8 "Parameters not saved to the configuration file" (page 73)).

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007

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