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Chapter 26 Maintenance
ES-2108 Series User’s Guide
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26.8.1 Filename Conventions
The configuration file contains the Switch’s settings. Once you have customized the Switch's
settings, they can be saved (as a plain text file) back to your computer under a filename of your
choosing.
ZyNOS (ZyXEL Network Operating System sometimes referred to as the “ras” file) is the
system firmware and has a “bin” filename extension.
26.8.1.1 Example FTP Commands
ftp> put firmware.bin ras
This is a sample FTP session showing the transfer of the computer file "firmware.bin" to the
Switch.
ftp> get config config.cfg
This is a sample FTP session saving the current configuration to a file called “config.cfg” on
your computer.
If your (T)FTP client does not allow you to have a destination filename different than the
source, you will need to rename them as the Switch only recognizes “config” and “ras”. Be
sure you keep unaltered copies of both files for later use.
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Be sure to upload the correct model firmware as uploading the wrong model
firmware may damage your device.
26.8.2 FTP Command Line Procedure
1
Launch the FTP client on your computer.
2 Enter
open
, followed by a space and the IP address of your Switch.
3
Enter the username when prompted (for example “admin”).
4 Enter your password as requested (the default is “1234”).
5
Enter
bin
to set transfer mode to binary.
6 Use
put
to transfer files from the computer to the Switch, for example,
put
firmware.bin ras
transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the
Switch and renames it to “ras”. Similarly,
put config.cfg config
transfers the
configuration file on your computer (config.cfg) to the Switch and renames it to
“config”. Likewise
get config config.cfg
transfers the configuration file on the
Table 74 Filename Conventions
FILE TYPE
INTERNAL
NAME EXTERNA
L NAME
DESCRIPTION
Configuration File config This is the configuration filename on the Switch.
Uploading the config file replaces the specified
configuration file system, including your Switch
configurations, system-related data (including the
default password), the error log and the trace log.
Firmware ras *.bin This is the generic name for the ZyNOS firmware on
the Switch.