D-Link DWS-4026 [172/741] Uploading files

MultipleImageServi ce

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page172

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

UploadingFiles

UsethefollowingprocedurestouploadafilefromaTFTPservertotheswitch.

1. FromtheFileTypefield,selectthetypeoffiletocopyfromtheswitchtotheTFTPserver.

2. IfyouareuploadingaD‐LinkDWS‐4000Seriesimage(Code),selecttheimageontheswi

tchtoupload.If

youareuploadinganothertypeoffile,theImageNamefieldisnotavailable.

3. CompletetheTFTPServerAddressType,TFTPServerIPAddress,andTFTPFileName(fullpathwithout

TFTPserverIPaddress)fields.

4. ClicktheStartFileTransfercheckbox,andthenclickSub

mit.

AfteryouclickSubmit,thescreenrefreshesanda“Filetransferoperationstarted”messageappears.After

thesoftwareisdownloadedtothedevice,amessageappearsindicatingthatthefiletransferoperation

completedsuccessfully.

MultipleImageService

ThesystemmaintainstwoversionsoftheD‐LinkDWS‐4000Seriessoftwareinpermanentstorage.Oneimage

istheactiveimage,andthesecondimageisthebackupimage.Theactiveimageisloadedduringsubsequent

switchrestarts.Thisfeaturereducesswitchdowntimewhenupgrading/downgradingtheD‐LinkDWS‐4000

Serie

ssoftware.

Thesystemrunninganoldersoftwareversionwillignore(notload)aconfigurationfilecreatedbythenewer

softwareversion.Whenaconfigurationfilecreatedbythenewersoftwareversionisdiscoveredbythesystem

runninganolderversionofthesoftware,thesystemwilldisplayanappropriatew

arningtotheuser.

UsetheMultipleImageServicepagetosetthebootimage.

TodisplaytheMultipleImageServicepage,clickTool>MultipleImageServiceinthenavigationmenu.

TFTPFileName Enteradestinationfilenameforthefiletoupload.Youmayenterupto32

character s .Thefa

ctorydefaultisblank.

StartFileTransfer Toinitiatethefileupload,checkthisboxbeforeclickingSubmit.

Table75:UploadFilefromSwitchFields(Cont.)

Field Description