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TFTP Configuration
Wh n configuring TFTP, g
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o to these sections for information you are interested in:
Introduction to TFTP
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TFTP Configuration
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Intro
ble in the networks where client-server
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TFT
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ackets to the TFTP server, then sends data to the
ownloads files from the TFTP server, the
tating when
the file downl
duction to TFTP
Compared with FTP, Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) features simple interactive access interface
and no authentication control. Therefore, TFTP is applica
interactions are relatively simple. TFTP is implemented based on UDP
port 69. Basic TFTP operations are described in RFC 1986.
P transmission is initiated by clients, as described in the following:
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To download a file, a client sends Read Request packets to the TFTP server, then receives data
from the TFTP server, and sends acknowledgement packets to the TFTP serv
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To upload a file, a client sends Write Request p
TFTP server, and receives acknowledgement packets from the TFTP server.
A 3com switch 4500 can act as a TFTP client only.
When a 3com switch 4500 serving as a TFTP client d
seven-segment digital LED on the front panel of the switch rotates clockwise, and it stops ro
Figure 57-1
oading is finished, as shown in
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n you download a file that is larger than the free space of the switch’s flash memory:
If the TFTP server supports file size negotiation, f
Whe
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ile size negotiation will be initiated between the
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rom the server
l prompt that the
wnloaded. File download fails.
erformed in the following modes:
Binary mode for program file transfer.
ASCII mode for text file transfer.
switch and the server and the file download operation will be aborted if the free space of the
switch’s flash memory is found to be insufficient.
If the TFTP server does not support file size negotiation, the switch will receive data f
until the flash memory is full. If there is more data to be downloaded, the switch wil
space is insufficient and delete the data partially do
TFTP-based file transmission can be p
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Before performing TFTP-related configurations, you need to configure IP addresses for the TFTP client
nd the TFTP server, and make sure a route exists between the two.
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