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This chapter describes how to copy and save configuration files and software image files.
Downloading and Uploading a Software Image on a TFTP Server
For easy software image management, all Foundry devices support the download and upload of software images
between the flash modules on the devices and a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server on the network.
NOTE: These procedures apply to upgrading software on a management module. If you are upgrading software
on a POS module, see "Upgrading POS Software from a TFTP Server" on page 6-3.
NOTE: If you are upgrading software on a device that contains redundant management modules, see "File
Synchronization Between the Active and Standby Redundant Management Modules" on page 5-11.
The management module on each Foundry system contains two flash memory modules:
• Primary flash – The default local storage device for system image files and configuration files.
• Secondary flash – A second flash storage device. You can use the secondary flash to store redundant
images for additional booting reliability or to preserve one software image while testing out another one.
Only one flash device is active at a time. By default, the primary image will become active upon reload.
You can update the software contained on a flash module using TFTP to copy the update image from a TFTP
server onto the flash module. In addition, you can copy software images and configuration files from a flash
module to a TFTP server.
If your device contains a Management IV module, you also can store and load software on the module's PCMCIA
flash module. See "PCMCIA Flash Card File Management Commands" on page 5-17.
NOTE: Foundry devices are TFTP clients but not TFTP servers. You must perform the TFTP transaction from
the Foundry device. You cannot "put" a file onto the Foundry device using the interface of your TFTP server.
NOTE: The Foundry TFTP client supports 8.3 file names. If you try to copy a file with more than eight characters
and up to three characters in the extension, the interface reports that the file was not found on the TFTP server.
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Updating Software Images and
Configuration Files
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