Users Guide

18 Contents
Why Is File Management Needed? . . . . . . . . . 505
What Methods Are Supported for File
Management?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
What Factors Should Be Considered When
Managing Files?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
How Is the Running Configuration Saved?
. . . . . 511
Managing Images and Files (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . 512
File System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Active Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
USB Flash Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
File Download
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
File Upload
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Copy Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Managing Images and Files (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Downloading and Activating a New Image (TFTP)
. 521
Managing Files in Internal Flash
. . . . . . . . . . 522
Managing Files on a USB Flash Device
. . . . . . 523
Uploading a Configuration File (SCP)
. . . . . . . . 524
Managing Configuration Scripts (SFTP)
. . . . . . 525
SCP Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
File and Image Management Configuration Examples
. 527
Upgrading the Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Managing Configuration Scripts
. . . . . . . . . . 530
Managing Files by Using the USB Flash Drive
. . . 532
14 DHCP and USB Auto-Configuration . . . . 535
Auto Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
What Is USB Auto Configuration?
. . . . . . . . . 536
What Files Does USB Auto Configuration Use?
. . 536
How Does USB Auto Configuration Use the Files