
By default, the Brocade device first attempts to boot from the image stored in its primary flash, then its
secondary flash, and then from a TFTP server. You can modify this booting sequence at the global
CONFIG level of the CLI using the
boot system
command.
NOTE
FSX device with FastIron 08.0.00a, ICX 6430, and ICX 6450 devices support only one configured
system boot preference.
To initiate an immediate boot from the CLI, enter one of the
boot system
commands.
NOTE
When using the
boot system tftp
command, the IP address of the device and the TFTP server should
be in the same subnet.
Software boot configuration notes
• In FastIron X Series devices, the
boot system tftp
command is supported on ports e 1 through e
12 only.
• If you are booting the device from a TFTP server through a fiber connection, use the following
command:
boot system tftp
ip-address filename
fiber-port
.
• The
boot system tftp
command is not supported in a stacking environment.
Displaying the boot preference
Use the
show boot-preference
command to display the boot sequence in the startup config and
running config files. The boot sequence displayed is also identified as either user-configured or the
default.
The following example shows the default boot sequence preference.
device#show boot-preference
Boot system preference (Configured):
Use Default
Boot system preference(Default):
Boot system flash primary
Boot system flash secondary
The following example shows a user-configured boot sequence preference.
Brocade#show boot-preference
Boot system preference(Configured):
Boot system tftp 10.1.1.1 FCXR08000.bin
Boot system flash primary
Boot system preference(Default):
Boot system flash primary
Boot system flash secondary
Syntax:
show
boot-preference
The results of the
show run
command for the configured example above appear as follows.
Brocade#show run
Current configuration:
!
ver 08.0.00T7f3
!
Software boot configuration notes
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