Nortel Networks NN46110-602 manual Automatic backups, Pcap enhancements

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Automatic backups

You can now back up a file or a directory, as well as trigger a backup, when a file changes. Previously, you could only back up system, configuration, and log files. You can use either the graphical user interface (GUI) or the command line interface (CLI) to configure automated backup.

You can also now use a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client as well as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to transfer backup files. You can use either the GUI or the CLI to activate SFTP.

For more information about automatic backups, see “Automatic backups” on page 52.

PCAP enhancements

You can now capture packets to disk files. Previously, you could capture packets to random access memory (RAM) only. There are five new commands for the command line interface (CLI) of the VPN Router. You must use the CLI to configure Packet Capture (PCAP).

For more information about PCAP enhancements, see “Capturing packets to disk file” on page 113.

SNMP interface index enhancement

Third-party network management systems (NMS) rely on interface index (IfIndex) numbers to monitor and gather statistics for devices through SNMP. These locally significant numbers are assigned to the physical and virtual interfaces on the device and enable the NMS to associate statistics with interfaces. Previously, when a branch office tunnel came up, it was assigned a dynamic IfIndex number. Only up tunnels were reported; any down tunnels were not reported.

With the enhancement, each branch office is assigned a static IfIndex, the IfIndex is saved in LDAP, and tunnels are reported even when they are down.

For more information about the IfIndex enhancement, see “RFC 1213—Network Management of TCP/IP-Based Internets MIB” on page 132.

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