U P D A T I N G S O F T W A R E – S T E P 21) Serial file transfer capability such as X-modem or equivalent2) TFTP server3) FTP serverAs a good practice, GarrettCom recommends that you should have all these capabilities availableon 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= [] [file=]Where the [ipaddress] is the IP Address of the server running the TFTP services or the FTPservices. The field is needed if either the TFTP or FTP is the mode chosen.File= is needed for saving the configurationIf mode= is used, be aware that most FTP and TFTP services, asa default, do not over-write files. If the file transfer fails, check to see if thefile name already exists or use a different file name with the ‘saveconf’command. Also make sure the ftp or TFTP/FTP services are running beforethe ‘saveconf’ command is used on the switch.Serial ConnectionTo save the configuration using the serial connection, use the ‘saveconf’ command asshown 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-10.11Do you wish to upload the configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y(Use XMODEM to download configuration file)FIGURE 161 – Example of saveconf command using serial interfaceAt this point, switch to the VT100 emulation software (e.g. HyperTerminal onWindows platform) and invoke the Xmodem file receive. Figure 8 shows the Xmodemprocess for HyperTerminal application.Intentionally left blank for image continuity – image shown on next page344
