3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

Configuring the FTP Server 1041
Configuration procedure
# Check files on your device. Remove those redundant to ensure adequate space
for the image file to be downloaded.
<Sysname> dir
Directory of flash:/
0 drw- - Dec 07 2005 10:00:57 filename
1 drw- - Jan 02 2006 14:27:51 logfile
2 -rw- 1216 Jan 02 2006 14:28:59 config.cfg
3 -rw- 1216 Jan 02 2006 16:27:26 backup.cfg
2540 KB total (2511 KB free)
<Sysname> delete flash:/backup.cfg
# Download the image file from the server.
<Sysname> ftp 172.16.104.110
Trying 172.16.104.110 ...
Connected to 172.16.104.110.
220 WFTPD 2.0 service (by Texas Imperial Software) ready for new user
User(172.16.104.110:(none)):abc
331 Give me your password, please
Password:
230 Logged in successfully
[ftp] binary
200 Type set to I
[ftp] get aaa.app bbb.app
227 Entering Passive Mode (10.1.1.1,4,1).
125 BINARY mode data connection already open, transfer starting for aaa.app.
.....226 Transfer complete.
FTP: 5805100 byte(s) received in 19.898 second(s) 291.74Kbyte(s)/sec.
[ftp] bye
# Specify the image file for next startup with the boot-loader command
<Sysname> boot-loader file bbb.app
<Sysname> reboot
c
CAUTION: The image file specified by the boot-loader command for next startup
must be saved under the root directory. You can change the directory of a file to
the root directory through copy or move operation. For the details of the
boot-loader command, refer to the Switch 8800 Command Reference Guide.
Configuring the FTP
Server
Configuring FTP Server
Operating Parameters
The FTP server uses two modes to update files when you upload files (use the put
command) to the FTP server:
■ In fast mode, the FTP server starts writing data to the Flash after file transfer
completes. This protects the files intended to be overwritten on the device from
being corrupted in the event that anomalies, power failure for example, occur
during a file transfer.
■ In normal mode, the FTP server writes data to the Flash during file transfer. This
means that any anomaly, power failure for example, during file transfer might