SmartSwitch 9A100 User Guide 4-27
Switch Administration
Upgrading and Changing Software
Changing the Default Boot Load Image
Continuing with the example above, perform the following steps to set boot load image 0 back to being the default.
1.
Reboot the SmartSwitch 9A100.
2.
When the following message appears
“Preparing to run Default Primary Image: 1
Enter 0 or 1 to override and force one of these primary image sectors to run:”
press the zero (0) key. The SmartSwitch 9A100 loads boot load image 0.
3.
Use the
chpi
command to make boot load image 0 the default.
=>chpi 0
Old Default Primary Image Number: 1
Erasing Sector in Primary Flash sector4
Programming control/stat info into Primary Flash sector4
New Default Primary Image Number: 0
=>
4.
Reboot the SmartSwitch 9A100. Boot load image 0 is now used as the default image.
Preparing to run Default Primary Image: 0
Enter 0 or 1 to override and force one of these primary image sectors to run:
4.7.4
Upgrading POST Diagnostic Software
1.
Set up the TFTP/Bootp server software on a workstation.
2.
Connect both the TFTP/Bootp server and the SmartSwitch 9A100 to your Ethernet network. Make
sure that the TFTP/Bootp server can be reached by the SmartSwitch 9A100 Ethernet interface.
3.
Connect a dumb terminal (or PC running terminal emulation software) to the SmartSwitch 9A100
Terminal port.
4.
Copy the SmartSwitch 9A100 diagnostic software image into the appropriate location on the
TFTP/Bootp server. (In this example, the software is located at c:\tftpboot\images\post.ima.)
5.
Set up the TFTP/Bootp server tables (or equivalent file) with:
-
SmartSwitch 9A100 MAC address
-
IP address of the SmartSwitch 9A100 Ethernet interface
-
path to the POST file on the TFTP/Bootp server
6.
From the terminal connection, enter the
reboot
command.
7.
When the following message appears,
“Press any key to exit to boot load prompt.”
stop the countdown by pressing any key. The boot load prompt (=>) appears on the terminal screen.
8.
Enter the
df P
command. The SmartSwitch 9A100 contacts the TFTP/Bootp server and downloads
the diagnostic software into flash RAM.
=>df p
You've requested a POST Software download
Are you sure?(Y/N)y
Initializing ethernet...
Starting Bootp...
Boot file: c:\tftpboot\images\post.ima
Using TFTP to get bootfile "c:\tftpboot\images\post.ima" .
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