Downloading the at-s63 image file onto a switch – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual
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Chapter 11: File Downloads and Uploads
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Section I: Basic Features
Downloading the AT-S63 Image File onto a Switch
This section contains two procedures for downloading a new AT-S63
image file onto the switch. They are:
❑ ”Downloading the AT-S63 Image from a Local Management
❑ ”Downloading the AT-S63 Image from a Telnet Management
Please note the following before you begin either procedure:
❑ You can download a new AT-S63 image file onto the switch from
either a local or Telnet management session. You cannot perform
this procedure from a web browser management session.
❑ You can use Xmodem or TFTP to download the image file from a
local management session.
❑ You must use TFTP to download the image file from a Telnet
management session.
❑ To use TFTP, there must be a node on your network that contains
the TFTP server software, and the new AT-S63 image file must be
stored on that node.
❑ If you are using TFTP, you should start the TFTP server before you
begin the download procedure.
❑ The AT-S63 image file contains the bootloader for the switch. You
cannot load the image file and bootloader separately.
❑ Installing a new AT-S63 software image does not change the
current configuration of a switch (for instance, IP address, subnet
mask, and virtual LANs). To return a switch to its default
configuration values, refer to ”Returning the AT-S63 Management
Software to the Factory Default Values” on page 71.
Caution
The switch stops forwarding Ethernet traffic after it has downloaded
the image file and begun to initialize the software. Some network
traffic may be lost.
The following procedures assume that you have already obtained the
new software from Allied Telesyn and stored it on the management
station from which you will be performing the procedure, or on the TFTP
server.