Firmware And Configuration File Maintenance; Firmware And Configuration File Maintenance Overview; Filename Conventions - ZyXEL Communications MSC1024G Series User Manual

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Firmware and Configuration File
This chapter tells you how to upload a new firmware file and how to upload and download
configuration files.

38.1 Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance Overview

The system's built-in FTP (and SFTP) servers allow you to use any FTP (or SFTP) client (for
example, ftp.exe in Windows) to upgrade card firmware or system configuration files. The
firmware or configuration file upgrade is done during operation (run-time).
Do not interrupt the file transfer process, as it may permanently damage your
system.
When you upload the MSC's firmware, the MSC automatically restarts when
the upgrade process is complete.

38.2 Filename Conventions

The configuration file contains the whole system settings in the menus such as password, IP
address, VLANs and so on. The configuration file is called "config.dat" when you obtain it
from ZyXEL and "config-0" in the system.
ZyNOS (ZyXEL Network Operating System) is the system firmware. It has a "bin" filename
extension when you get it from ZyXEL and is called "ras" in the system. With many FTP and
SFTP clients, the filenames are similar to those shown next.
ftp> put firmware.bin ras
This is a sample from a FTP session to transfer the computer file
ftp> get config-0 config.dat
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firmware.bin
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