Asentria SiteBoss 571 UserManual
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Device Administration
Backing Up & Restoring Settings
CLI Backup
In order for this process to work a terminal emulator that supports either session logging or Xmodem transfer is
required. Examples of open source emulators that support at least one of these are TeraTerm, Poderosa, and
PuTTY.
Steps:
1. Establish a Telnet/SSH/Serial connection to the unit.
2. Issue the command
SK GET
3. Decide whether you will be using
[X]modem
or
[A]SCII
and follow the relevant instructions below.
OPTIONAL: Using the command SK GET CUSTOM (as opposed to SK GET) will retrieve only the non-default
settings (as opposed to
all
settings). This results in a significantly smaller and easier to read file, and is best when
the settings will be used to configure a unit that is at factory defaults
.
Xmodem
Press X. The SiteBoss will now prepare the settings and prompt the user to give the receive command. Using the
menus in your terminal emulator find the Xmodem settings and receive the file, placing it anywhere you wish on
your local file system. This process is different for every emulator.
ASCII
Ensure that you have logging enabled on your terminal emulator, and that you can access the location the log file
is being saved before proceeding. The process for doing this is different for every emulator. Once logging is
enabled press A. All setting keys will be printed to the screen. Once this has completed either suspend logging or
terminate the connection (close the emulator).
FTP
For FTP/SFTP/TFTP please use the instructions for
. The file names for your settings are as
follows:
•
SKALL - All unit settings.
•
SKCUSTOM - Non-default settings only.
•
SKLOG - Setting keys log file.
Web Backup
Login to the web interface and then navigate to the General --> Administration tab. If this tab is not present you are
likely on an older firmware before it was implemented. Use the CLI instructions above if this is the case.
At the bottom of the page choose either "Get All Settings" or "Get Non-Default Settings Only". Non-default settings
results in a significantly smaller and easier to read file, and is best when the settings will be used to configure a
unit that is at factory defaults.
Save the resulting file to a convenient location on your local disk.
CLI Restore
In order for this process to work a terminal emulator that supports XModem or ASCII file transfer is required.
Examples of open source emulators that support at least one of these are TeraTerm, and Poderosa. PuTTY does
NOT.
Steps:
1. Establish a Telnet/SSH/Serial connection to the unit.
2. Issue the command
SK SET
3. Decide whether you will be using
[X]modem
or
[A]SCII
and follow the relevant instructions below.
4. (optional) After the restore is complete type
SK LOG
to see a summary.