User's Manual

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Chapter 5 | System Settings
Maintenance
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BackingUp
Configuration
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Settings 
TheBackupfunctionallowsyoutobackuptheaccesspoint’sconfigurationtoa
managementworkstation.InWindows,aGNUZip(*.tar.gz)filewillbestoredinthe
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Downloadsfolder.Thisisasamplefilename:backup‐ACN‐AP‐2014‐06‐27.tar.gz
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Restoring 
Configuration 
Settings 
The Restore page allows you to upload configuration settings from a management 
workstation.Thespecifiedfilemustbeonethatwaspreviouslybackedupfromthe 
accesspoint.
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Figure37: RestoringConfigurationSettings 
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UpgradingFirmware Youcanupgradenewaccesspointsoftwarefromalocalfileonthemanagement 
workstation.Newsoftwaremaybeprovidedperiodicallyfromyourdistributor.
Afterupgradingnewsoftware,youmustreboottheaccesspointtoimplementthe
newcode.Untilarebootoccurs,theaccesspointwillcontinuetorunthesoftware
itwasusingbeforetheupgradestarted.Theaccesspointsupportsdualsoftware
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images,soifnewlyloadedsoftwareiscorrupted,thealternateimagewillbeused
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onthenextreboot.Configurationsettingsarestoredseparatelyfromthesoftware, 
sothecurrentsettingswillalwaysbeusedforanynewsoftware.However,note
thatifthecurrentconfigurtionsettingsarecorrupted,thesystemdefaultswillbe
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used.
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Figure38: UpgradingFirmware 
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