Are there any configs that would harden the switch to stop the tftp server from pinging the switch via the mgt. port?  Before the switch had it's configs, tftp connected fine.  In fact, this is how I was able to transfer a txt file over to the flash ...

Looking for assistance on how to resolve this issue.  Seems like one issue just lead to others.  I configured this switch with a script I placed in the flash and everything worked out fine; my username/password was in there, encryption, configs, etc....