Unified Access Point Administrator’s Guide
Unified Access Point Administrator’s Guide
Page 79
January 2015
Section 7 - Maintaining the Access Point
Section 7 - Maintaining the Access Point
This section describes how to maintain the UAP.
From the UAP Administrator UI, you can perform the following maintenance tasks:
•) “Saving the Current Configuration to a Backup File” on page 79
•) “Restoring the Configuration from a Previously Saved File” on page 80
•)
“Rebooting the Access Point” on page 81
•) “Performing AP Maintenance” on page 81
•) “Resetting the Factory Default Configuration” on page 81
•) “Upgrading the Firmware” on page 81
•) “Packet Capture Configuration and Settings” on page 83
Saving the Current Configuration to a Backup File
The AP configuration file is in XML format and contains all of the information about the AP settings. You can download
the configuration file to a management station to manually edit the content or to save as a back-up copy.
You can use HTTP or TFTP to transfer files to and from the UAP. After you download a configuration file to the
management station, you can manually edit the file, which is in XML format. Then, you can upload the edited
configuration file to apply those configuration settings to the AP.
Use the following steps to save a copy of the current settings on an AP to a backup configuration file by using TFTP:
1.) Select
TFTP
for
Download Method
.
Figure 44 -
Manage this Access Point’s Configuration - Save (TFTP)
2.)
Enter a name (1 to 63 characters) for the backup file in the
Configuration File
field, including the .xml file name
extension and the path to the directory where you want to save the file.
3.)
Enter the
Server IP
address of the TFTP server.
4.) Click
Download
to save a copy of the file to the TFTP server.
Use the following steps to save a copy of the current settings on an AP to a backup configuration file by using HTTP:
1.) Select
HTTP
for
Download Method
.
Figure 45 -
Manage this Access Point’s Configuration - Save (HTTP)
2.) Click the
Download
button.
A dialog box displays verifying the download.
