3Com 8800 SERIES, Installation Manual

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38 C
HAPTER
4: M
AINTAINING
S
OFTWARE
Modify the Ethernet Interface Boot Parameters
Before you can download a file to Flash, you must configure the Ethernet interface
boot parameters.
1 Select option
5
from the Main Menu. The Ethernet Submenu displays:
ETHERNET SUBMENU
1. Download file to SDRAM through ethernet interface and boot
2. Download file to Flash through ethernet interface
3. Modify ethernet interface boot parameter
0. Return to main menu
Be sure to select 3 to modify boot parameter before downloading!
Enter your choice(0-3): 3
2 Select option
3
from the Ethernet Submenu. The following information displays:
Note: Two protocols for download, tftp & ftp.
You can modify the flags following the menu.
tftp--0x80, ftp--0x0.
'.' = clear field; '-' = go to previous field; ^D = quit
boot device : fei0
processor number : 0
host name : 8512
file name : 88002.app 88003.app
inet on ethernet (e) : 192.168.25.210
inet on backplane (b): 192.168.25.158
host inet (h) : 192.168.25.2
gateway inet (g) :
user (u) : 1234
ftp password (pw) (blank = use rsh): 1234
flags (f) : 0x80
target name (tn) :
startup script (s) :
other (o) :
3 Modify this information as follows:
■ file name
— Enter the name of the file you want to download.
■ inet on ethernet (e)
— Enter the IP address of the Ethernet port on the
Fabric.
■ inet on backplane (b)
— Enter the IP address of the backplane.
■ host inet (h)
— Enter the IP address of the FTP or TFTP server.
4 TFTP is the default download protocol. If you want to perform the download
operation with FTP, make the following additional changes:
■ user (u)
— Enter your FTP user name.
■ ftp password (pw)
— Enter your FTP password.
■ flags (f)
— Enter
0x0
.
5 Press Enter. The following message and the Ethernet Submenu display:
Write flash...done!
ETHERNET SUBMENU