Intel 480T, User Manual

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C H A P T E R 1 8 Software Upgrade and Boot Options
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Using TFTP to Download the
Configuration
You can download ASCII files that contain CLI commands to the
switch to modify the switch configuration. There are three types of
configuration scenarios that can be downloaded:
• Complete configuration
• Incremental configuration
• Scheduled incremental configuration
Intel Device View provides a TFTP Server utility under the Tools
menu.
Downloading a Complete Configuration
Downloading a complete configuration replicates or restores the
entire configuration to the switch. You typically use this type of
download in conjunction with the
upload config
command,
which generates a complete switch configuration in an ASCII
format. As part of the complete configuration download, the switch
is automatically rebooted.
To download a complete configuration, use the following
command:
download configuration [<hostname | ip_address>]
<filename>
After the ASCII configuration is downloaded by way of TFTP, you
are prompted to reboot the switch. The downloaded configuration
file is stored in current switch memory during the rebooting process,
and is not retained if the switch has a power failure.
When the switch completes booting, it treats the downloaded
configuration file as a script of CLI commands, and automatically
executes the commands. If your CLI connection is through a Telnet
connection (and not the console port), your connection is terminated
when the switch reboots, but the command executes normally.