Saving and Restoring Appliance Configurations

You can save the configuration settings for the ICS appliance through the browser-based management tool and through the Telnet / command line interface. An alternate method for making individual changes is to save various configurations as separate files and use these to turn services on and off through FTP services.

Configuration File Details

Configuration files are text files that use the same syntax that is employed in the command line / Telnet interface. They use an 8.3 DOS-style filename, but the last three characters must be NAS.

The following is a clip from a configuration file as viewed in a text editor. Missing portions of the file are indicated by an ellipsis (. . .).

set eth1 name=eth1

set eth1 speed=default

set eth1 duplex=default

clear eth1 address

add eth1 address=137.65.51.85,mask=255.255.252.0

set eth0 name=eth0

set eth0 speed=default

set eth0 duplex=default

clear eth0 address

add eth0 address=10.1.1.1,mask=255.255.255.0

set floppy poll=no

set floppy interval=120

set floppy saveonapply=no

. . .

apply

Using the Browser-Based Management Tool

You can export and import configurations and manage the creation of the autoload configuration from the browser-based management tool.

Importing, Downloading, or Deleting a Configuration File

1. Start the browser-based management tool.

2. Click System > Import/Export.

3. To import a configuration, select a file in the Configuration Files list and click Import.

4. To download a configuration file to your client workstation, select a file in the Configuration Files list and click Download.

5. To delete a configuration file from the ICS appliance, select a file in the Configuration Files list and click Delete.

Exporting a Configuration File

1. Start the browser-based management tool.

2. Configure the ICS appliance as desired.

3. In the field right of the Export To button, enter a name for the configuration file you are going to export.

   The name can have up to eight characters and must not contain spaces or special characters. ICS automatically supplies the .NAS extension.

4. Click Export To.

   You are prompted that all unapplied changes will be discarded.

5. If there are no unapplied changes, click Export. Otherwise, go back and apply the changes; then export the file.

   The file is created on the ICS appliance and appears in the list of configuration files available.

Managing the Current and Autoload Configurations

Any time you make a change to the ICS appliance and click Apply, the CURRENT.NAS configuration file is exported.

Additionally, you can check Automatically Make Copy of AUTOLOAD File on Floppy for Error Recovery. This causes all configuration changes to be saved to the AUTOLOAD.NAS file on a DOS-formatted disk inserted into the ICS appliance.

Using Telnet or the Command Line

From Telnet or a command line, you can import and export configuration files. Do not specify the 3-digit NAS extension when using either of these methods.

Using FTP

You can use FTP to move the configuration files to and from the ICS appliance using the get and put commands. You can also apply a configuration file you are moving by using the execute option specified after a comma on the command line.

After starting the FTP client and pointing it to an IP address for the ICS appliance (see Starting an FTP Session with the Appliance), use one of the following commands where filename is the name of your configuration file.