Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 208)

Chapter 13: File Download and Upload Commands
208 Section II: Advanced Operations
downloaded file, you must be sure to give it the correct three-letter
extension, depending on the file type. The extensions are shown in
Table 3 on page 203.
To download the file onto a flash memory card in the switch, precede the
name with “cflash:”.
The APPBLOCK option of the DESTFILE parameter refers to the switch’s
application block, which is the portion of flash memory reserved for the
active AT-S63 image. This option downloads a new version of the AT-S63
image file into the application block, making it the active image file on the
switch.
Note
The APPBLOCK option should only be used when downloading a
new AT-S63 image file, and not with any other file type.
Before downloading a file onto a switch using Xmodem, note the following:
ˆ You must use a local management session to download a file using
Xmodem.
ˆ You can only use Xmodem to download a file onto the switch where
you started the local management session. You cannot use it to
download a file onto a switch accessed through enhanced stacking.
ˆ You must store the file to be downloaded on the computer or terminal
connected to the RS232 Terminal Port on the switch.
ˆ The transfer protocol can be Xmodem or 1K Xmodem.
ˆ The switch does not automatically designate a newly downloaded
configuration file as its active boot configuration file. To designate the
active boot file, refer to “SET CONFIG” on page 193.
ˆ The AT-S63 software image is only supported on AT-9400 Switches.
ˆ The current configuration of a switch is retained when a new AT-S63
software image is installed.
ˆ The AT-S63 image file also contains the bootloader for the switch. You
cannot load the image file and bootloader separately.
ˆ If you download a new AT-S63 image file and enter a filename for the
DESTFILE parameter instead of APPBLOCK, the file is stored in the
switch’s file system. To copy an image file from the file system to the
switch’s application block, refer to “LOAD METHOD=LOCAL” on
page 200.
ˆ If you download a file onto a flash memory card in the switch and later
want to copy the file from the card to a switch’s file system, refer to
“COPY” on page 184.