3Com 3C8S5007 - SuperStack II PathBuilder S500..., User Manual

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F
R
ELOADING THE
S
YSTEM
S
OFTWARE
This chapter describes how to reload your system software if the
following conditions occur:
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The boot image has been accidentally deleted or corrupted.
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The device is unable to boot.
To reload the software, you must have the software installed on a TFTP
server on the LAN. You can optionally use a TFTP/(BootP) server with the
TFTP server.
If your operating system does not come with a TFTP server you can use
3Com’s. The 3Com TFTP server is provided with the Upgrade
Management Utilities on the software CD-ROM. See Upgrading
Enterprise OS Software for more information.
If you have used the Upgrade Link Backup facility (or bcmbackup), you
can flash load directly from your backup. Simply configure your TFTP (and
BootP) server to reference your latest backup instead of the factory
CD-ROM software.
Use Upgrade Link or bcminstall to install the software on your server from
the CD-ROM.
The loading procedure in this chapter:
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Looks up the IP address of the server.
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Transfers the boot.ppc, SYS, and Web Link files from the server.
Configuration files can also be restored if the Enterprise OS backup
utilities were used before the system software was reloaded.
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Creates the A:/primary directory.
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Places the image in the /primary directory.