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Updating an Application Using FTP Through the BootWare Menu
Setting up an update environment
Figure 5-8
Set up an environment, with the device as an FTP client
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Connect the Ethernet interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 of the device to the PC using a crossover
Ethernet cable, and configure IP addresses for the Ethernet interface of the device and the PC,
which must be on the same network segment so that the device and the PC can communicate with
each other. For example, set the IP address of the VLAN interface to 192.168.0.1 and that of the
PC to 192.168.0.2.
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Run the FTP Server on the PC and set the path of the application file to be downloaded, FTP
username and password.
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The FTP server software is not provided with the WX3000 series. You must make sure that it is
available by yourself.
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On the WX3000 series, only the management Ethernet interface, namely GigabitEthernet 1/0/1
can be used for application update.
For the rest steps, refer to section Configuring the Ethernet interface parameters on page 5-14, section
Updating an application file on page 5-15, and section Finalizing application update on page 5-15.
Updating and Backing Up an Application Using FTP Through the CLI
With the device as an FTP client and the PC as an FTP server
1) Set up an update environment by referring to section Updating an Application Using FTP Through
the BootWare Menu on page 5-18.
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For operations on the access control engine, the data needs to be transferred from the switching
engine to the access control engine; therefore, you need to configure the IP addresses of the
switching engine, access control engine and the PC to be in the same network segment. For
example, configure the IP address of the FTP server as 192.168.0.1, that of the access control
