You can use a USB flash drive and a USB externally-powered hub for backups and restores. Avaya Branch Gateway also supports USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbits/sec) for faster file transfer between Branch Gateway and USB mass storage devices.

CLI commands for backing up and restoring files to or from a USB mass storage device enable you to use a USB port for efficient restoration or replication of Branch Gateway and for replacing and upgrading media modules. Using the USB port you can back up or restore multiple files with one CLI command, which is simpler than the alternative TFTP/FTP/SCP/HTTPS method, in which files are copied and restored individually.

A single CLI command backs up all the administration and configuration files of Branch Gateway on USB mass storage device. Another single command restores all the backed up files. If you need to completely replicate Branch Gateway, you can also download Branch Gateway firmware, media modules’ firmware, Device Manager firmware, IP phone firmware, and Device Manager firmware to the USB mass storage device, and use the restore usb command to restore these files as well as the administration and configuration files.

You can also use the USB mass storage device to copy individual Branch Gateway files to or from Branch Gateway.