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GS716T and GS724T Gigabit Smart Switches
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 has a path to the TFTP server.
To download a file to the switch from a TFTP server:
1. From the File Type menu, Specify what type of file you want to download to the switch:
• Code: The code is the system software image, which is saved in one of two flash
sectors called images (image1 and image2). The active image stores the active copy;
while the other image stores a second copy. The device boots and runs from the
active image. If the active image is corrupt, the system automatically boots from the
non-active image. This is a safety feature for faults occurring during the boot upgrade
process.
• Text Configuration: A text-based configuration file enables you to edit a configured
text file (startup-config) offline as needed without having to translate the contents for
the switch to understand. 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, serial number
, IP
address), and download it to that device.
• License Key: The license key file that activates certain features on the switch.
• SSL Trusted Root Certificate PEM File: SSL Trusted Root Certificate File (PEM
Encoded).
• SSL Server Certificate PEM File: SSL Server Certificate File (PEM Encoded).
• SSL DH Weak Encryption Parameter PEM File: SSL Diffie-Hellman Weak
Encryption Parameter File (PEM Encoded).
• SSL DH Strong Encryption Parameter PEM File: SSL Diffie-Hellman Strong
Encryption Parameter File (PEM Encoded).