3Com Switch 8800 Family Configuration Guide

TFTP Configuration 807
acknowledgement to it. To upload a file, the client sends a request to the TFTP
server and then transmits data to it and receives the acknowledgement from it.
TFTP transmits files in two modes, binary mode for program files and ASCII mode
for text files.
The administrator needs to configure the IP addresses of TFTP client and server
before configuring TFTP, and makes sure that the route between the client and
server is reachable.
The switch can only function as a TFTP client.
Figure 190 TFTP configuration
The configuration of the switch as TFTP client.
Downloading Files by
Means of TFTP
To download a file, the client sends a request to the TFTP server and then receives
data from it and sends acknowledgement to it. You can use the following
commands to download files by means of TFTP.
Perform the following configuration in user view.
In the command, tftp-server indicates the IP address or host name of TFTP server;
source-file indicates the file information to be downloaded from TFTP server;
dest-file indicates the name of the file downloaded on switch.
Tab le 759 Configuration of the switch as TFTP client
Device Configuration Default Remarks
Switch
Configure IP address for the VLAN
interface of the switch, in the
same network segment as that of
TFTP server.
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TFTP is right for the case
where no complicated
interactions are required
between the client and server.
Make sure that the route is
reachable between the switch
and the TFTP server.
Use the tftp command to log into
the remote TFTP server for file
uploading and downloading.
- -
PC
Start TFTP server and set
authorized TFTP directory.
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Switch
PC
Network
SwitchSwitch
PC
Network
Tab le 760 Download files by means of TFTP
Operation Command
Download files by means of TFTP tftp tftp-server get source-file [ dest-file ]