HP 5500 Ei 5500 Si Switch Series Configuration Guide

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# Create a local user account abc, set its password to  abc and the user privilege level to level 3 (the 
manage level), specify the Flash root directory of  the master device as the authorized directory, 
and specify the service type as FTP. 
 system-view 
[Sysname] local-user abc 
[Sysname-luser-abc] password simple abc 
[Sysname-luser-abc] authorization-attribute level 3 
[Sysname-luser-abc] authorization-attribute work-directory flash:/ 
[Sysname-luser-abc] service-type ftp 
[Sysname-luser-abc]...

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 IMPORTANT: 
The system software image file used for the next star
tup and the startup configuration file must be saved in
the Flash root directory. You can copy or  move a file to the Flash root directory. 
 
# Reboot the IRF fabric and the system software image file is updated at the system reboot. 
 reboot 
Displaying and maintaining FTP 
 
Task Command Remarks 
Display the source IP address configuration 
of the FTP client.  display ftp client configuration [ 
| 
{  begin |  exclude  | include...

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Configuring TFTP 
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simplified version of FTP for file transfer over secure reliable 
networks. TFTP uses UDP port 69 for data transmission. In contrast to TCP-based FTP, TFTP requires no 
authentication or complex message exchanges, and is easier to deploy. 
TFTP supports the following transfer modes: 
•   Binary mode —Used to transfer image files, such as  .app and .bin .btm  files. 
•   ASCII mode —Used to transfer text files, such as  .txt, .bat , and...

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To configure the TFTP client:  
Step Command Remarks 
1.  Enter system view. 
system-view  N/A 
2.  Use an ACL to control the 
clients access to TFTP servers.  tftp-server 
[ ipv6 ] acl  acl-number  Optional. 
By default, no ACL is used for 
access control. 
3.
  Specify a source IP address 
for outgoing TFTP packets.  tftp client source
 { interface 
interface-type interface-number  | ip 
source-ip-address }   Optional. 
By default, the primary IP 
address of the output interface is 
used as the...

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Figure 41 Network diagram 
 
 
Configuration procedure 
This configuration procedure assumes that the PC and the IRF fabric can reach each other. 
1. Configure the PC (TFTP server): 
{  Enable the TFTP server. (Details not shown.) 
{ Configure a TFTP working directory. (Details not shown.) 
2. Configure the IRF fabric (TFTP client): 
# Examine the storage medium of the device for insufficiency or impairment. If no sufficient free 
space is available, use the  delete/unreserved file -url  command to...

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Managing the file system 
This chapter describes how to manage the devices file system, including the storage media, directories 
and files. 
Managing files 
 
  CAUTION: 
To avoid file system corruption, do not plug or
 unplug storage media or perform active/standby 
switchover while the system is  processing a file operation. 
 
You can display directory or file information; displa y file contents; rename, copy, move, remove, restore, 
and delete files. 
The copy operation enables you to create a...

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Format Description Length Example 
drive:/[path]/file-
name   Specifies a file in a specific storage 
medium on the device.  
The 
drive argument represents the 
storage medium name.  
The storage medium on the master 
is typically flash.  
The storage medium on a 
subordinate device is typically 
slotX#flash, where X represents the 
member ID of the subordinate 
device, for example, slot2#flash. 
 
To view the correspondence 
between a device and its member 
ID, use the  display irf command.  1 to...

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Moving a file 
Perform this task in user view.   
Task Command 
Move a file. move fileurl-source fileurl-dest  
 
Deleting/restoring a file 
You can delete a file permanently or just move it to the recycle bin. A file moved to the recycle bin can 
be restored, but a file pe rmanently deleted cannot. 
A file in the recycle bin occupies storage space. To release the occupied space, execute the  reset 
recycle-bin  command in the directory that holds the file. To save storage space, periodically empty...

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Displaying the current working directory 
Perform this task in user view.   
Task Command 
Display the current working directory. pwd 
 
Changing the current working directory 
Perform this task in user view.   
Task Command 
Change the current working directory. cd { directory  | .. |  / }  
 
Creating a directory 
Perform this task in user view.   
Task Command 
Create a directory.  mkdir directory  
 
Removing a directory 
Before you remove a directory, you must delete all files and...

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 CAUTION:  
After a storage medium is formatted, all files on it
 are erased and cannot be restored. If a startup 
configuration file exists on the stor age medium, formatting the storage me dium results in loss of the startup
configuration file. 
 
To manage the space of a storage medium,  perform the following tasks in user view:  
Task Command Remarks 
Repair a storage medium. fixdisk device  N/A 
Format a storage medium.  format device   N/A  
 
Performing batch operations 
A batch file...