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GS748TR save config locally - only TFTP?
I have an old GS748TR, hardware version 0x3, boot version 1.2.0, and software version 4.0.2.2 that has been running solid for over 10 years. It has now decided (like me) to reboot a couple of times p...
What is certainly confusing is the "odd" way (think back on the physics course at school on mechanics and dynamics.
When using the switch WebUI think you sit on the switch itself. Http download is downloading -from- the computer -to- the switch. This you can only download eg. a firmware image or a stored config file -to- the switch. This are all options you have there.
Compare with he options available on the upload option. Here I guess you will find the upload of the text config -to- your computer for retrieving it...
My apologies for using the wrong model screenshot. I found the documentation specific to the TR that I downloaded as well as the version I downloaded in 2013. Here is the correct screenshot from the GS748TR documentation below.
It would have been moving to identical hardware (per the original post). This was just a cold spare that hasn't been needed for over 10 years - until now. Never ran a DR fire drill to see this wouldn't work as documented.
I get what you're saying about a tftp server, but security best practice is to not stand up any services that aren't actually needed and used - deny all baseline approach. I always found a way around using one until now. My bad for the lack of a fire drill.
I have to assume the documentation is wrong. It looks like it's either a deprecated or never-implemented feature at this point.
Thanks for the pointers.
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