Cabletron Systems Cabletron CyberSWITCH CSX5500 User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE414 CyberSWITCHTFTPCONFIGURING TFTPNote: You cannot configure TFTP through CFGEDIT. The configuration can only be donethrough Manage Mode commands.U SING M ANAGE M ODE C OMMANDStftpThis command displays the current TFTP configuration. The TFTP configuration informationincludes the following items:• operational status of the TFTP feature (enabled or disabled)• operational status of the TFTP Client (enabled or disabled)• operational status of the TFTP Server (enabled or disabled)• the file access rights for the TFTP Server (ADMIN or GUEST)tftp changeThis command allows you to change the current TFTP configuration. You can enable or disablethe TFTP feature, TFTP Client, and the TFTP Server. You can also change the file access rightsfor the TFTP Server.TFTP CONFIGURATION E LEMENTSOPERATIONAL STATUS OF TFTP FEATUREYou can enable or disable the TFTP feature.OPERATIONAL STATUS OF TFTP CLIENTYou can enable or disable the TFTP client feature. The TFTP client functions are achieved throughadministration console commands.OPERATIONAL STATUS OF TFTP SERVERYou can enable or disable the TFTP server feature. The TFTP Server function is invoked remotelyfrom a TFTP host device connected to either a LAN or WAN network interface.FILE ACCESS RIGHTS FOR THE TFTP SERVERThe file access rights associated with the configured device Id that are applied to all file accesses bythe remote host.TFTP BACKGROUND I NFORMATIONThe TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) feature provides the ability through the TFTP Server, toupload and download configuration, report, statistics, and other system files to or from a remotesystem. The TFTP feature also provides the capability from the console for the device to send andreceive the same file types through the TFTP Client function.The TFTP feature will provide controlled read (download) and write (upload) access by remotesystems to configuration, report, statistics, and other system files on target systems through theTFTP Server. The system will also have the ability to upload and download these file types to orfrom target remote systems through a console invoked TFTP Client function.