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Configuration Management
8
8.1 Administration of Configuration Files
Flash X3200 reads its configuration information from configuration files. These config-
uration files are stored in the flash EEPROM (electronically eraseable, program-
mable read-only memory) of X3200 . Several different configuration files can be
stored in the flash memory. The data also remains stored in the flash when
X3200 is switched off.
Memory The current configuration and all changes you set during the operation of X3200
are stored in the working memory (RAM). The contents of the RAM are lost
when X3200 is switched off. So if you modify your configuration and want to re-
tain these changes for the next time you start X3200 , you have to save the mod-
ified configuration to the flash before switching off: Exit
➧
Save as boot
configuration and exit (see chapter 5.3, page 172 ). This file is then saved in
the flash as a boot configuration file under the name "boot". When X3200 is
started again, this very file, the configuration file with the name "boot", is loaded
in the RAM and becomes operative.
Ex works state If you reset X3200 to the ex works state and want to keep the stored configura-
tion, this is possible by switching the equipment off and on (see chapter 8.2,
page 321 ). You can also reset X3200 to the ex works state and delete all the
configuration files (see chapter 10.5, page 346 and chapter 8.2, page 321 ).
Operations Imagine the flash memory as a directory of configuration files. The files in this
directory can be copied, moved, erased and newly filed. It is also possible to
transfer configuration files between X3200 and a remote host by TFTP.
Windows In Windows, you can use the TFTP server of DIME Tools for this (see
BRICKware for Windows). You can then, for example, save a configuration file
from X3200 on your local PC.
Unix A TFTP server is part of the system under Unix. Please observe the instructions
included in the Software Reference.
The files to be transferred with the TFTP server of DIME Tools may have max-
imum eight characters for the file name, plus maximum three characters as file
extension, e.g.
X3200.cf .