Users Guide

Images and File Management 513
Why Is File Management Needed?
This section provides some reasons why you might choose to manage various
files.
Image Files
The switch can store two firmware images, but only one is active. The other
image file is a backup image. By default, the switch has only one image. You
might copy an image or download an image to the switch for the following
reasons:
• To create a backup image
• To upgrade the firmware as new images become available
The Dell EMC Networking N-Series firmware releases for single series
stacking environments are named as follows:
<switch name>v<version number>.stk
<switch name>Stdv<version number>.stk
SSH certificate files
(Not supported on Dell
EMC Networking N1500
switches)
Download Contains information to encrypt,
authenticate, and validate HTTPS sessions.
The switch supports the following files for
SSL:
• SSL Trusted Root (or Intermediary)
Certificate File (PEM Encoded)
[CA.pem]
• SSH Server Certificate File (PEM
Encoded) [ssl_cert.pem]
• SSH Diffie-Hellman Weak Encryption
Key File (PEM Encoded) [sslt_key.pem]
• SSH Diffie-Hellman Strong Encryption
Key File (PEM Encoded)
IAS Users Download List of Internal Authentication Server (IAS)
users for IEEE 802.1X authentication. For
more information, see "What is the Internal
Authentication Server?" on page 329
Table 13-1. Files to Manage
File Action Description