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UPDATING SOFTWARE – STEP 2
1) Serial file transfer capability such as X-modem or equivalent
2) TFTP server
3) FTP server
As a good practice, GarrettCom recommends that you should have all these capabilities available
on your local computer if you plan to upgrade additional switches as well as switches in the future.
The command used for saving the existing configuration of the Magnum 6K switch is ‘saveconf’
Syntax saveconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]
Where the [ipaddress] is the IP Address of the server running the TFTP services or the FTP
services. The field is needed if either the TFTP or FTP is the mode chosen.
File=<name> is needed for saving the configuration
If mode=<tftp|ftp> is used, be aware that most FTP and TFTP services, as
a default, do not over-write files. If the file transfer fails, check to see if the
file name already exists or use a different file name with the ‘saveconf’
command. Also make sure the ftp or TFTP/FTP services are running before
the ‘saveconf’ command is used on the switch.
Serial Connection
To save the configuration using the serial connection, use the ‘saveconf’ command as
shown below. In this example, we will show the ‘saveconf’ interaction using the Hyper-
Terminal software available on most Windows® systems.
Magnum6K25# saveconf mode=serial file=6kconfig-10.11
Do you wish to upload the configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
(Use XMODEM to download configuration file)
FIGURE 161 – Example of saveconf command using serial interface
At this point, switch to the VT100 emulation software (e.g. HyperTerminal on
Windows platform) and invoke the Xmodem file receive. Figure 8 shows the Xmodem
process for HyperTerminal application.
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