Backing Up The Boot File In Device Manager; Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 Series; Routine Maintenance; Nn46200-514 03.01 Standard - Nortel 8300 Series Maintenance Manual

88 Routine software maintenance
The boot configuration file must be named boot.cfg for the system to boot
using it.
To save a file to the standby CPU, you must enable TFTP on the standby
CPU. To enable Trivial File Transfer Protocol ( TFTP), enter flags tftpd
true in the Boot Monitor CLI or config bootconfig flags tftpd
true in the Run-Time CLI.
Backing up the boot file in Device Manager
You can use the Boot tab to specify, among other things, boot source and
order for your switch.
To open the Boot tab:
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Action
Select a CPU card.
From the Device Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Card.
The Card dialog box appears with the Card tab displayed.
Click the Boot tab.
The Boot tab appears. See

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"Card dialog box - Boot tab" (page 89).