3com 8807 User Guide

Device Management Configuration Example

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Network diagram

Figure 185 Network diagram for FTP configuration

Configuration procedure

1 Configure FTP server parameters on the PC: a user named as switch, password

hello, read & write authority over the Switch directory on the PC. No further
details are provided here

2 Configure the switch

# The switch has been configured with a Telnet user named as user, as 3-level user,
with password hello, requiring username and password authentication.

# Use the telnet command to log into the switch.

CAUTION: If the Flash Memory of the switch is not enough, you need to first
delete the existing programs in the flash memory and then download the new
ones to the memory.

# Enter the corresponding command in user view to establish FTP connection.
Then enter correct username and password to log into the FTP server.

<SW8800> ftp 2.2.2.2

Trying ...

Press CTRL+K to abort

Connected.

220 WFTPD 2.0 service (by Texas Imperial Software) ready for new user

User(none):switch

331 Give me your password, please

Password:*****

230 Logged in successfully

[ftp]

# Use the get command to download the switch.app and boot.app files from the
FTP server to the flash directory on the FTP client.

[ftp] get switch.app

[ftp] get boot.app

# Use the quit command to release FTP connection and return to user view.

[ftp] quit

# Upgrade the BootROM of main module 0.

Switch

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Switch

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