56
................Done!
Please input the file attribute (Main/Backup/None) M
Done!
NOTE:
If a boot file with a specific attribute already exists when you set a new file with the attribute, the attribute
of the existing file becomes
none
after the new file becomes effective.
Loading files by using FTP through an Ethernet port
Introduction to FTP
The switch can serve as either an FTP server or an FTP client by using its Ethernet port to download the
system application and configuration files. The switch serves as an FTP client in the following examples.
Loading a Boot ROM file
NOTE:
When loading a Boot ROM file, the switch can serve only as an FTP client.
Complete the following tasks to load a Boot ROM file by using FTP through an Ethernet port. For more
information about the HyperTerminal, see the chapter “Initial power-on” (page
).
Task Remarks
Set up the configuration environment
Required
Connect the switch to the TFTP server through
an Ethernet port, and to a PC through the
console port. The PC and the TFTP server can
be the same device.
Run the FTP Server program on the server
Required
ROM menu, and then enter the protocol parameter setting
Enter the protocol parameter setting menu
Configure the switch to load the Boot ROM file through FTP
Required
Log in to the switch through the HyperTerminal
and configure the protocol for uploading the
Boot ROM file.
Upgrade the Boot ROM file on the switch
Required
Upgrade the Boot ROM file on the switch.
Restart the switch to make the upgraded Boot ROM file
effective
Required
Restart the switch to make the updated Boot
ROM file effective.
1.
Set up the configuration environment
Connect an Ethernet port of the switch to the server (whose IP address is available) that provides the file
(usually the
.bin
file) to be downloaded, and connect the console port of the switch to a PC, as shown in
.