Installation Manual
H3C SecPath F1000-S Firewall
Chapter 5 Software Maintenance
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Chapter 5 Software Maintenance
5.1 Introduction
The firewall maintains three types of files:
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Boot ROM program files
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Application program files
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Configuration files
The software maintenance mainly involves upgrading/downloading Boot
ROM/application program files and uploading/downloading configuration files.
5.1.1 Boot Menu
This section introduces the Boot menu that you use in maintaining the software of the
firewall.
Set up a configuration environment as shown in Figure 4-1 and then boot the firewall.
Press <Ctrl+B> when the system prompts “Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu…”. The
system displays this message:
Please input Boot ROM password :
Caution:
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Press <Ctrl+B> within three seconds after the prompt “Press Ctrl-B to Enter Boot
Menu...” appears to access the Boot menu. Otherwise, the system starts
decompressing the program.
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If you want to access the Boot menu after the system starts decompressing the
program, you need to reboot the firewall.
Type the correct password and press <Enter> (if no Boot ROM password is configured,
just press <Enter>). The system accesses the Boot menu.
I. Boot menu of the H3C SecPath F1000-S firewall
Boot Menu:
1: Download application program with XMODEM
2: Download application program with NET
3: Display file in flash
4: Delete file from flash
