Maintaining the Router Through TFTP Server
In the TFTP service, the router is TFTP client and the file server is the TFTP server. You can enter commands
on the terminal to upload or download configuration files or application programs to or from the file
server.
Setting up a configuration environment
Set up a hardware environment (refer to
Interface
on page
Figure 33 Network diagram for maintenance through command lines
Configure the IP addresses of both sides on the same network. For example, the IP address of the TFTP
server is set to 192.168.0.1, and that of the Ethernet interface connected to it (Ethernet 0/0 in this
example) is set to 192.168.0.2. Use the ping command to check whether the connection successful.
Backing up and restoring application programs and configuration files
After setting up the environment, perform the following operations on the console terminal:
Use the dir command to view the files in the current file system:
<SYSTEM>dir
Directory of flash:/
0
-rw-
1
-rw-
2
-rw-
3
-rw-
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<SYSTEM>
Use the following command to upload the startup.cfg file to the TFTP server and save it as startup.bak:
<SYSTEM>tftp 192.168.1.1 put startup.cfg startup.bak
File will be transferred in binary mode
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Upgrading an Application Program Through an Ethernet
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