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cp42
Oct 28, 2016Tutor
NMS300 config backup with telnet disabled?
Hello everybody, we would like to use NMS300 to save the config of our 40 Netgear Switches automatically every night, but it seems that this requires telnet to be enabled on all switches. Is this...
- Retired_MemberNov 10, 2016
Hi cp42,
Your testing result is right, telnet is required when do M4100 backup/restore (M4100 is a special case). However your idea (using encrypted protocol to do backup) is a very good. What you can do is to post suggestions and ideas at the Idea Exchange board. Adding kudos to the ideas will help as development team will be reviewing the post that has the most kudos for considering it to add to the product's future release.
Thank you again.
Retired_Member
Nov 10, 2016Hi cp42,
Your testing result is right, telnet is required when do M4100 backup/restore (M4100 is a special case). However your idea (using encrypted protocol to do backup) is a very good. What you can do is to post suggestions and ideas at the Idea Exchange board. Adding kudos to the ideas will help as development team will be reviewing the post that has the most kudos for considering it to add to the product's future release.
Thank you again.
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