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Chapter 15: File Download and Upload Commands
234 Section II: Advanced Operations
Note
Downloading an AT-S63 image file into a switch’s file system rather
than into the application block should be perform with care. The file
will take up 2 megabytes of space in the file system.
 If you download a file onto a flash memory card in the switch and later
want to copy the file from the card to a switch’s file system, refer to
“COPY” on page 210.
Examples
The following command downloads a new configuration file onto the
switch. The configuration file is given the name “switch12.cfg” in the
switch’s file system:
load method=xmodem destfile=switch12.cfg
The source file is not specified when downloading a file using Xmodem.
Rather, after you enter the command, the management software displays
a confirmation prompt followed by another prompt instructing you to begin
the file transfer. To start the transfer, you use your terminal emulation
program to specify the file on your workstation that you want to download.
The following command uses Xmodem to download an SSL certificate into
the switch’s file system and assigns it the name sw12 ssl.cer:
load method=xmodem destfile=”sw12 ssl.cer”
The following command uses the APPBLOCK option of the DESTFILE
parameter to download a new version of the AT-S63 software image
directly to the application block, making the file the active image file on the
switch:
load method=xmodem destfile=appblock
Caution
After downloading an AT-S63 image file and writing it to the
application block portion of flash memory, the switch resets itself
and initializes the software. The entire process can take a minute or
so to complete. Do not interrupt the process by resetting or power
cycling the switch. Some network traffic may be lost during the
process.
The following command downloads a configuration file onto a flash
memory card in the switch. The configuration file is given the name
“product_sw.cfg” on the card:
load method=xmodem destfile=cflash:product_sw.cfg