GarrettCom MNS-6K 4.1.4 Manual De Usuario

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1)  Serial file transfer capability such as X-modem or equivalent 
2)  TFTP server 
3)  FTP server 

As a good practice, GarrettCom recommends that you should have all these capabilities available 
on 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=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] 
Where the [ipaddress] is the IP Address of the server running the TFTP services or the FTP 
services. The field is needed if either the TFTP or FTP is the mode chosen. 
 
File=<name> is needed for saving the configuration 

 

If mode=<tftp|ftp> is used, be aware that most FTP and TFTP services, as 
a default, do not over-write files. If the file transfer fails, check to see if the 
file name already exists or use a different file name with the ‘saveconf’ 
command.  Also make sure the ftp or TFTP/FTP services are running before 
the ‘saveconf’ command is used on the switch. 

 

To save the configuration using the serial connection, use the ‘saveconf’ command as 
shown below.  In this example, we will show the ‘saveconf’ interaction using the Hyper-
Terminal software available on most Windows® systems.  

Magnum6K25#  

  Do you wish to upload the configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N'] 

Y

 

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161 – Example of saveconf command using serial interface  

 

At this point, switch to the VT100 emulation software (e.g. HyperTerminal on 
Windows platform) and invoke the Xmodem file receive. Figure 8 shows the Xmodem 
process for HyperTerminal application. 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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