Administration Of Configuration Files - BinTec X4100 User Manual

10
Configuration Management
Flash
Memory
Operations
Windows
Unix
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10.1

Administration of Configuration Files

X4100/200/300 reads its configuration information from configuration files.
These configuration files are stored in the flash EEPROM (electronically eras-
able, programmable read-only memory) of X4100/200/300. Several different
configuration files can be stored in the flash memory. The data also remains
stored in the flash when
The current configuration and all changes you set during the operation of
X4100/200/300 are stored in the working memory (RAM). The contents of the
RAM are lost when X4100/200/300
figuration and want to retain these changes for the next time you start
200/300, you have to save the modified configuration to the flash before switch-
ing off: Exit Save as boot configuration and exit (see
page 170). This file is then saved in the flash as a boot configuration file under
the name "boot". When
figuration file with the name "boot", is loaded in the RAM and becomes opera-
tive.
Imagine the flash memory as a directory of configuration files. The files in this
directory can be copied, moved, erased and newly created. It is also possible to
transfer configuration files between
In Windows, you can use the TFTP server of
Windows). You can then, for example, save a configuration file from
200/300 on your local PC.
The files to be transferred with the TFTP server of DIME Tools may have max-
imum eight characters for the file name, plus maximum three characters as file
b5104.x4a
extension, e.g.
A TFTP server is part of the system in Unix; please read the instructions includ-
ed in the Software Reference.
You can perform the various operations with the Setup Tool:
Go to the C
ONFIGURATION
X4100/200/300 is switched off.
is switched off. So if you modify your con-
X4100/200/300 is started again, this very file, the con-
X4100/200/300
DIME Tools
.
M menu.
ANAGEMENT
X4100/
chapter 6.4,
and a remote host by TFTP.
(see BRICKware for
X4100/