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Operating the switch 53
Software Release 2.6.1
C613-02030-00 REV B
You may see files on your switch with file name extensions not listed in Table 6
on page 52. If you require more information about file types and file name
extensions, contact your authorised distributor or reseller.
Do not change the header in a release or patch file. At best, this will cause the
file load or install to fail, at worst the switch could be put into a state where it
will not boot correctly until field service action is taken.
Loading Files
The LOADER module is responsible for loading and storing releases, patches,
PKI certificates and other files into FLASH. The LOADER module uses the
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), or
ZMODEM over an asynchronous port, to retrieve files from a network host.
You can also load text files without using any of these protocols. For
information about using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to
load PKI certificates or certificate revocation lists (CRLs), see the
Operation
chapter in the AT-8700XL Series Software Reference .
The switch’s default download method is TFTP. To load a file onto the switch
from a TFTP server using the TFTP protocol, enter the command:
LOAD [METHOD=TFTP] [DELAY= delay ] [DESTFILE= destfilename ]
[DESTINATION={BOOTBLOCK|FLASH}] [SERVER={ hostname | ipadd }]
[SRCFILE|FILE= filename ]
To load a file onto the switch using the HTTP protocol, enter the command:
LOAD [METHOD={HTTP|WEB|WWW}] [DELAY= delay ]
[DESTFILE= destfilename ] [DESTINATION=BOOTBLOCK|FLASH}]
[HTTPPROXY={ hostname | ipadd } [PASSWORD=password]
[PROXYPORT=1..65535]] [SERVER={ hostname | ipadd }]
[SERVPORT={1..65535|DEFAULT}] [SRCFILE|FILE= filename ]
[USERNAME= username ]
The switch can only load one file at a time. Wait for the current transfer to
complete before initiating another transfer. To display the default configuration
of the LOADER module, and the progress of any current transfer, enter the
command:
SHOW LOADER
To stop a load at any time, leaving the LOADER module ready to load again,
enter the command:
RESET LOADER
SPA Spam Mail Source files, listing email addresses, identified as spam
mail sources, to be blocked by the firewall SMTP proxy, if it is
active.
SPL VPN client.
TXT Generic text file.
VPF Future VPN client.
LFN Extension used for the long file name translation table
Table 6: File extensions and file types (Continued).
Extension File type/function