Password Recovery; Software Download Through Tftp Server - Dell PowerConnect 2808 User Manual

3 Enter config as the name of the flash file. The configuration is erased and the device reboots.
4 Repeat the device initial configuration.

Password Recovery

If a password is lost, the Password Recovery procedure can be called from the Startup menu. The
procedure enables entry to the device once without a password.
To recover a lost password for the local terminal only:
1 From the Startup menu, type 3 and press <Enter>.
The password is deleted.
NOTE:
To ensure device security, reconfigure passwords for applicable management methods.

Software Download Through TFTP Server

This section contains instructions for downloading device software (system and boot images) through a
TFTP server. The TFTP server must be configured before beginning to download the software.
System Image Download
The device boots and runs when decompressing the system image from the flash memory area where a
copy of the system image is stored. When a new image is downloaded, it is saved in the other area
allocated for the other system image copy.
On the next boot, the device will decompress and run the currently active system image unless chosen
otherwise.
To download a system image through the TFTP server:
1 Ensure that an IP address is configured on one of the device ports and pings can be sent to a TFTP
server.
2 Make sure that the file to be downloaded is saved on the TFTP server (the ros file).
3 Enter copy tftp://{tftp address}/{file name} image to copy a new system image to the
device. When the new image is downloaded, it is saved in the area allocated for the other copy of system
image. The following is an example of the information that appears:
console# copy tftp://176.215.31.3/file1.ros image
Accessing file 'file1' on 176.215.31.3Ö
Loading file1 from 176.215.31.3:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Copy took 00:01:11 [hh:mm:ss]
Exclamation symbols indicate that a copying process is in progress. Each symbol (!) corresponds to
512 bytes transferred successfully. A period indicates that the copying process is timed out. Many
periods in a row indicate that the copying process failed.
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