SLC Maintenance

The SLC Maintenance page allows the system administrator to:

To configure device manager settings:

  1. Complete or view the following sections:

General

SLC Firmware

FTP/SFTP/TFTP Server

Boot Banks

Configuration Management

General

Reboot

To reboot the SLC immediately, select this option. The default is No.

Note: The front panel LCD displays the "Rebooting the SLC" message and the normal boot sequence occurs.

Shutdown

Select this option to shut down the SLC. The default is No.

Welcome Banner

The text to display on the command line interface before the user logs in." Welcome to the SLC" is the default.

Note: To create more lines use the \n character sequence.

Login Banner

The text to display on the command line interface after the user logs in. Blank by default.

 

Note: To create more lines use the \n character sequence.

Logout Banner

The text to display on the command line interface after the user logs out. Blank by default.

Note: To create more lines use the \n character sequence.

Web Timeout

Number of minutes (5-120) after which the SLC web session times out. The default is 5. To avoid timeouts, select No.

If the session times out, refresh the browser page and enter your user ID and password to open another web session.

Note: If you close the browser without logging off the SLC first, you will have to wait for the timeout time to expire. You can also end a web session by using the admin web terminate command at the CLI or by asking your system administrator to terminate your active web session.

To view or terminate current web sessions, click  the Web Sessions link.

To view, import, or reset  the SSL Certificate, click the SSL Certificate link.

 

SLC Firmware

Update Firmware

To update the SLC firmware, select the checkbox. If you select this option, the SLC reboots after you apply the update.

To view a log of all prior firmware updates, click the Firmware Update Log link.

Note: For dual boot SLCs, the non-active boot bank is updated during the firmware update, without requiring a reboot. The configuration on the current boot bank may optionally be copied to the non-active boot bank during the firmware update.

Load Firmware  Via

From the drop-down list, select the method of loading the firmware. Options are HTTPS, FTP, TFTP, and SFTP.  FTP is the default.

Firmware Filename

The name of the firmware update file that you have downloaded from the Lantronix web site.

Key

A key (32 hex characters) for validating the firmware file.  The key is provided with the firmware file.

Boot Banks

Bank 1

Version of SLC firmware in bank 1.

Note:  The word "current" displays next to the bank the SLC booted from.

Bank 2

Version of SLC firmware in bank 2.

Next Boot Bank

Current setting for bank to boot from at next reboot.

Switch to Bank

If desired, select the alternate bank to boot from at next reboot.

Copy configuration from Bank 1 to

Bank 2 during firmware update

If checked, will copy the configuration from the current bank to the bank being updated.

FTP/TFTP/SFTP Server

Server

The IP address or host name of the server you will use for obtaining updates and saving or restoring configurations. May have up to 64 alphanumeric characters; may include hyphen and underscore.

Path

The default path on the server for obtaining firmware update files and getting and putting configuration save files.

Login

The userid for accessing the FTP server. May be blank.

Password

The FTP user password.

Configuration Management

Configuration Management

 

From the option list, select one of the following:

No Save/Restore:  Does not save or restore a configuration.

Restore Factory Defaults:  Restores factory defaults. If you select this option, the SLC reboots after you apply the update. Select the Save SSH Keys checkbox to save any imported or exported SSH keys. Select the Save SSL Certificate checkbox to save an imported certificate. Disabled by default.

Restore Saved Configuration:  Returns the SLC settings to a previously saved configuration.  If you select this option, the SLC reboots after you apply the update.

Save Configuration:  Saves all settings to file, which can be backed up to a location that is not on the SLC.

Configuration Name to Save to or Restore From

If you selected to save or restore a configuration, enter a name for the configuration file (up to 12 characters).

Location for Save, Restore , or Manage

If you selected to save or restore a configuration, select one of the following options:

Default – Saved Configurations:  If restoring, from the drop-down list, select a saved configuration.

FTP Server:  The FTP server specified above.

NFS Mounted Directory:  Path of the NFS server for mounting files.

CIFS Share – Saved Configurations:  If restoring, select a saved configuration from the drop-down list..

PC Card:  If a PC Card Compact Flash is loaded into one of the PC Card slots on the front of the SLC, and properly mounted,  the configuration can be saved to or restored from this location.

If you select this option, select the slot (upper or lower) in which the PC Card Compact Flash is mounted; then click a saved configuration from the drop-down list.

Manage:  This option allows you to view and delete all configurations saved to the selected location. This feature is available for the default, CIFS Share, and PC Card locations.

Preserve Configuration after Restore

Allows the user to keep a subset of the current configuration after restoring a configuration or resetting to factory defaults.

Select the checkbox for each part of the current configuration you want to keep, for example, Networking, Services, or Device Ports.

  1. To save,  Apply.

Note:  If you selected an option that forces a reboot (restore configuration, update firmware, or reset factory defaults), the SLC automatically reboots at the end of the process.

 

See also

System Logs

Diagnostics

Status Reports

SLC Network

Web Sessions

SSL Certificate

Manage Configuration Files