Chapter 31 Maintenance
Be sure to upload the correct model firmware as uploading the wrong model firmware may damage your device.
31.6.3 FTP Command Line Procedure
1Launch the FTP client on your computer.
2Enter open, followed by a space and the IP address of your Switch.
3Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.
4Enter your password as requested (the default is “1234”).
5Enter bin to set transfer mode to binary.
6Use put to transfer files from the computer to the Switch, for example, put firmware.bin ras transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the Switch and renames it to “ras”. Similarly, put config.cfg config transfers the configuration file on your computer (config.cfg) to the Switch and renames it to “config”. Likewise get config config.cfg transfers the configuration file on the Switch to your computer and renames it to “config.cfg”. See Table 88 on page 280 for more information on filename conventions.
7Enter quit to exit the ftp prompt.
31.6.4 GUI-based FTP Clients
The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in GUI- based FTP clients.
General Commands for
COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
Host Address | Enter the address of the host server. |
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Login Type | Anonymous. |
| This is when a user I.D. and password is automatically supplied to |
| the server for anonymous access. Anonymous logins will work only |
| if your ISP or service administrator has enabled this option. |
| Normal. |
| The server requires a unique User ID and Password to login. |
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Transfer Type | Transfer files in either ASCII (plain text format) or in binary mode. |
| Configuration and firmware files should be transferred in binary |
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