Nortel Networks BCM50a User Manual

Chapter 15 Firmware and configuration file maintenance 163

BCM50a Integrated Router Configuration — Advanced

Follow the instructions as shown in Menu 24.5 (

).

Figure 80   Menu 24.5 – System Maintenance – Backup Configuration

1 Launch the FTP client on your computer.

2 Enter open, followed by a space and the IP address of your BCM50a 

Integrated Router.  

3 Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.

4 Enter your password as requested (the default password is PlsChgMe!).

5 Enter bin to set transfer mode to binary.

6 Use get to transfer files from the BCM50a Integrated Router to the computer, 

for example, get rom-0 config.rom transfers the configuration file on the 
BCM50a Integrated Router to your computer and renames it config.rom. See 
earlier in this chapter for more information on filename conventions.

7 Enter quit to exit the ftp prompt. 

Menu 24.5 - System Maintenance - Backup Configuration

 To transfer the configuration file to your workstation, follow the 
procedure
 below:

   1. Launch the FTP client on your workstation.
   2. Type "open" and the IP address of your router. Then type "nnadmin" 
and SMT password as requested.
   3. Locate the 'rom-0' file.
   4. Type 'get rom-0' to back up the current router configuration to
      your workstation.

 For details on FTP commands, please consult the documentation of your FTP
 client program.  For details on backup using TFTP (note that you must 
remain
 in this menu to back up using TFTP), please see your router manual.

Press ENTER to Exit: