Selecting Management>Backup Configuration in Expert mode brings up the screen shown in the following figure.An administrative user can use the “Backup Configuration” screen to backup and restore configuration files. The “Type” pull-down menu options are “FTP” for an ftp server and “Storage Device.” The storage device can be either a compact flash or IDE card that was previously inserted in one of the PCMCIA slots, formatted, and configured as described in Configuration>Network>PCMCIA Management.The “Save” and “Load” buttons appear when either the “FTP” and the “Storage Device” menu options are selected. The “Save” button saves the configuration, and the “Load” restores a previously-saved copy of the configuration files from the selected device.The previous figure shows the fields that appear when “FTP” is selected from the “Type” pull-down menu. The following table describes the information to enter when FTP is selected.
IP address of an FTP server on the same subnet as the OnSite. (Verify accessibility by pinging the FTP server.) Path and Filename Path of a directory on the FTP server where you have write access for saving the backup copy of the configuration file. Specify a filename if you want to save the file under another name. For example, to save the configuration file in a file whose name identifies its origin and date (such as OnSite8802config040406) in a directory called
“/upload” on the FTP server, the following could be entered in the “Path and Filename” field: /upload/OnSite8802config040406. Username and Password When “Storage Device” is selected from the “Type” pull-down menu on the Backup Configuration” screen under “Management” in Expert mode, the “Save” and “Load” buttons appear as shown in the following figure.Backup Configuration Screen—Storage DeviceTo Back Up or Download the OnSite Configuration Files [Expert]
b. Enter the path of a directory on the FTP server where you have write permissions in the “Path and Filename” field.