Operation Manual – System Maintenance and Debugging
H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Boot ROM and Host Software
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Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu...
Press <Ctrl+B>. The system displays:
Password :
Note:
To enter the BOOT menu, you should press <Ctrl+B> within five seconds (full startup
mode) or one second (fast startup mode) after the information “Press Ctrl-B to enter
BOOT Menu...” displays. Otherwise, the system starts to extract the program; and if
you want to enter the BOOT Menu at this time, you will have to restart the switch.
Enter the correct Boot ROM password (no password is set by default). The system
enters the BOOT Menu:
BOOT MENU
1. Download application file to flash
2. Select application file to boot
3. Display all files in flash
4. Delete file from flash
5. Modify bootrom password
6. Enter bootrom upgrade menu
7. Skip current configuration file
8. Set bootrom password recovery
9. Set switch startup mode
0. Reboot
Enter your choice(0-9):
1.2.2 Loading by XModem through Console Port
I. Introduction to XModem
XModem protocol is a file transfer protocol that is widely used due to its simplicity and
high stability. The XModem protocol transfers files through Console port. It supports
two types of data packets (128 bytes and 1 KB), two check methods (checksum and
CRC), and multiple attempts of error packet retransmission (generally the maximum
number of retransmission attempts is ten).
The XModem transmission procedure is completed by a receiving program and a
sending program. The receiving program sends negotiation characters to negotiate a
packet checking method. After the negotiation, the sending program starts to transmit
data packets. When receiving a complete packet, the receiving program checks the