Prestige 1600 Universal Access Concentrator

You can perform the backup either through FTP or TFTP (preferred methods as they are faster) or through the RS- 232 console port (if the network is down). For backup via the console port any serial communications program should work fine; however, you must use the XMODEM protocol to perform the download/upload.

Menu 24.5 – Backup Configuration

FTP or TFTP are the preferred methods for backing up the current Prestige configuration to your workstation since FTP or TFTP is faster.

Ready to back up Configuration via Xmodem.

Do you want to continue (Y/N):

Figure 15-3 Menu 24.5 - Menu 24.5 as seen using the Console Port Step 1. Go to menu 24.5.

Step 2. Press “Y” to indicate that you want to continue. The following procedure is for the HyperTerminal program. The procedure for other serial communications programs should be similar.

Step 3. Click Transfer in the HyperTerminal menu bar, then Receive File from the drop-down menu to display the following screen. Follow the instructions as shown in the next screen.

 

 

Enter where you want to

 

 

place the configuration file

 

 

on your computer.

Finally,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose the

 

press

 

 

 

Receive.

 

 

Xmodem

 

 

 

 

Protocol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 15-4 Backup Example Using HyperTerminal

Step 4. After a successful backup, you will see the following screen.

**Backup Configuration completed. OK.

### Hit any key to continue.###

Figure 15-5 Successful Backup Confirmation Screen

15.3Restore Configuration

Option 6 from Menu 24 - System Maintenance allows you to restore the current workstation backup configuration to your Prestige.

15.3.1 Restore using FTP

To transfer your current workstation configuration to your Prestige, follow the instructions as shown in the following screen. See also the FTP example later in this chapter. For details on FTP commands, please consult the documentation of your FTP client program.

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Configuration & Firmware Maintenance