Hardware Reference
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C613-03092-00 REV J
Overrides
The switch pauses briefly during startup messages to display the following
prompt:
Boot fallback software (Y)?
If you do nothing, the installed base package is loaded along with a
preconfigured startup script. For troubleshooting, change the process by using
the following keys.
Regular output
AlliedWare operating system bootloader and product software display a series
of messages similar to those in the following figure during routine startup.
4
Hardware boards and software components are initialised.
Base or Fallback
5
The startup configuration script that the user specified is
executed.
Base or Fallback
6
Startup is complete and the switch starts switching traffic if
devices connected to it are sending traffic.
Base
Stage This happens...
Done by...
Pressing this key... Forces the switch to...
Y
Load the fallback software instead of the base package.
S (skip)
Load the base package and skip the startup configuration script.
Ctrl+B
Display a bootloader prompt. To upgrade a bootloader file, load the
new .bin file into the file system, and enter the command:
copy
filename
.bin bootloader
For information about the
load
command, see the
Managing
Configuration Files and Software Versions
chapter in the Software
Reference.
Ctrl+D
Enter diagnostics mode. For more information, see
“Diagnostics” on
page 58
.
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Bootloader v3-00, built 6 Mar 2006
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Identifying RAM .................................. 512 MB
Initial RAM test ................................. passed
Relocating the bootloader to execute from RAM .... done
Boot fallback software (Y) ?
Initialising file system access .................. done
Booting preferred base package: AT9924s_311-00.pkg
Installing system.img (1775093 bytes) ............ done
Initiating system software ....................... done
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AlliedWare v3.1.1-00, built 23 Jun 2006
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Initialising file system access .................. done
Validating package licence ....................... done
Installing product_apps.img (9705444 bytes) ...... done
Executing configuration script <startup.cfg>
Switch startup complete
