Download A File To The Switch; Download A File To The Switch Using Tftp - NETGEAR GC728X User Manual

Insight Managed 28-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Cloud Switch with 2 SFP 1G & 2 SFP+ 10G Fiber Ports
4. Enter the switch's password in the password field.
The default password is password. If you added the switch to a network on the Insight
app before and you did not yet change the password through the local browser interface,
enter your Insight network password.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select Maintenance > Export > HTTP File Export.
The HTTP File Export page displays.
6. From the File Type menu, select the type of file:
• Text Configuration. A text-based configuration file enables you to edit a configured
text file (startup-config) offline as needed. The most common usage of
text-based configuration is to upload a working configuration from a device, edit it
offline to personalize it for another similar device (for example, change the device
name or IP address), and download it to that device.
• Tech Support. The tech support file is a text-base file that contains a variety of
hardware, software, and configuration information that can assist in device and
network troubleshooting.
• Crash Logs. Specify crash logs to retrieve them.
7. Click the Apply button.
The file transfer begins.
The page displays information about the file transfer progress. The page refreshes
automatically when the file transfer completes (or if it fails).

Download a File to the Switch

You can download system files from a remote system to the switch by using either TFTP or
HTTP. This download process is referred to as an upgrade.
The following sections describe how you can download a file to the switch:
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Download a File to the Switch Using TFTP

• Download a File to the Switch Using HTTP
Download a File to the Switch Using TFTP
You can upgrade software and download the image file, the configuration files, and SSL files
from a TFTP server to the switch.
Before you download a file to the switch, the following conditions must be true:
• The file to download from the TFTP server is on the server in the appropriate directory.
• The file is in the correct format.
• The switch contains a path to the TFTP server.
You can also download files by using HTTP. See
on page 349 for additional information.
on page 347
on page 349
Download a File to the Switch Using HTTP
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