3Com 5500 SI - Switch - Stackable, Configuration Manual

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TFTP Lighting Configuration 521
The switch can only act as a TFTP client.
Figure 146 Network diagram for TFTP configuration
TFTP Lighting Procedure
The TFTP server and the TFTP client must be reachable to each other for the TFTP
function operates normally.
After TFTP client is enabled on an SWITCH 5500 switch, the seven-segment digital
LED on the front panel of the switch will rotate clockwise when the TFTP client (the
SWITCH 5500 switch) is downloading file from a TFTP server, and will stop rotating
when the file downloading is finished, as show in Figure 145.
Switch
PC
Network
Switch Switch
PC
Network
Table 588 Download file from an TFTP server to the switch acting as an TFTP client
Device Operation Command Description
TFTP client
(SWITCH 5500) Log into a remote
TFTP server, download
and save a remote file
to a local file tftp tftp-server get
source-file [ dest-file ]
Required
TFTP server Enable TFTP server — Required
For detailed configuration,
refer to the configuration
instruction relevant to TFTP
server.