Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-18 Thread Mark D. Nagel
Ryan Malayter wrote: >Despite the terrible GUI and passable CLI, we're found the our 6248s to >be >remarkable stable and bug free. Some have been up for more than 3 >years, >and all the things you expect to be problematic on cheap switches >(cross-stack LACP, multicast, MSTP, QoS) work perfe

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-18 Thread Joe Greco
> Jeroen van Aart wrote: > > Ryan Malayter wrote: > >> not designed or coded by a native English speaker. You have to use the > >> "upload" link to export config, and put in the address of your TFTP > >> server, since you are "uploading" from the switch to the tftp server. > > > > Yes I tried th

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Jay Mitchell
-c for create :) On 17/03/2012, at 2:52 PM, Jay Mitchell wrote: > If it's tftp on Linux there's a flag you can pass tftpd at startup to allow > creation of files, can't remember off the top of my head what it is, it may > be -s. > > --jm > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 17/03/2012, at 1:05 PM

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Jay Mitchell
If it's tftp on Linux there's a flag you can pass tftpd at startup to allow creation of files, can't remember off the top of my head what it is, it may be -s. --jm Sent from my iPhone On 17/03/2012, at 1:05 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote: > Jeroen van Aart wrote: >> Ryan Malayter wrote: >>> not d

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Jeroen van Aart wrote: Ryan Malayter wrote: not designed or coded by a native English speaker. You have to use the "upload" link to export config, and put in the address of your TFTP server, since you are "uploading" from the switch to the tftp server. Yes I tried that. However the switch com

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Ryan Malayter wrote: not designed or coded by a native English speaker. You have to use the "upload" link to export config, and put in the address of your TFTP server, since you are "uploading" from the switch to the tftp server. Yes I tried that. However the switch complains with an error abo

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Tom Hill
On 16/03/12 22:02, Ryan Malayter wrote: Despite the terrible GUI and passable CLI, we're found the our 6248s to be remarkable stable and bug free. Some have been up for more than 3 years, and all the things you expect to be problematic on cheap switches (cross-stack LACP, multicast, MSTP, QoS) wo

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Iain Morris
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Ryan Malayter wrote: > > as I recall the web UI is confusing and clearly not designed or coded by a > native English speaker. It's as if the web ui was coded up to just _barely_ work, and shipped out the door. It felt like I was using someone's high school proj

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Ryan Malayter
On Friday, March 16, 2012 2:04:04 PM UTC-5, Jeroen van Aart wrote: > > Does anyone know if these crappy dell powerconnect switches (in my case > a 3448p) have a convenient or at least working way of exporting/backing > up the configuration to a different place? The only thing I can find is > us

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Bill Weiss wrote: > I'm using RANCID against a few 54xx PowerConnect switches, and it's working well enough. I'm pretty sure my dlogin and drancid came from http://web.rickyninja.net:81/rancid/drancid and http://web.rickyninja.net:81/rancid/dlogin . A number of people suggested that, thanks.

Re: dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Bill Weiss
Jeroen van Aart(jer...@mompl.net)@Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:04:04PM -0700: > Does anyone know if these crappy dell powerconnect switches (in my > case a 3448p) have a convenient or at least working way of > exporting/backing up the configuration to a different place? The > only thing I can find is us

dell switch config export

2012-03-16 Thread Jeroen van Aart
Does anyone know if these crappy dell powerconnect switches (in my case a 3448p) have a convenient or at least working way of exporting/backing up the configuration to a different place? The only thing I can find is using a tftp server but it's not working... Thanks, Jeroen -- Earthquake Magn