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MSAP2000 AAMS User’s Guide
C HAPTER 31
Firmware and Configuration File
Maintenance
This chapter tells you how to upload a new firmware and/or configuration file for
the MSAP2000 AAMS.
31.1 Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance
Overview
The MSAP2000 AAMS’s built-in FTP server allows you to use any FTP client (for
example, ftp.exe in Windows) to upgrade MSAP2000 AAMS or MSAP2000
AAMS firmware or configuration files. The firmware or configuration file upgrade
is done during operation (run-time).
Note: Do not interrupt the file transfer process, as it may permanently damage
your MSAP2000 AAMS.
Note: The MSAP2000 AAMS automatically restarts when the upgrade process is
complete.
31.2 Filename Conventions
The configuration file (called config-0) contains the factory default settings in the
menus such as password, IP address, VLANs and so on. It arrives from ZyXEL
with a “dat” filename extension.
ZyNOS (ZyXEL Network Operating System sometimes referred to as the “ras”
file) is the system firmware and has a “bin” filename extension. The configuration
file has a “rom” filename extension. With many FTP and clients, the filenames are
similar to those shown next.
ftp> put firmware.bin ras
This is a sample from a FTP session to transfer the computer file firmware.bin to the
MSAP2000 AAMS.
ftp> get config-0 config.txt
This is a sample from a FTP session to transfer the MSAP2000 AAMS’s current
configuration file
(including the configuration files of all the MSAP2000 AAMSs) to the computer file
config.txt.
