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any access authorization and authentication mechanism. It employs the timeout retransmission method to
implement best-effort delivery of data.
The WX3024E provides TFTP Client service. With the switch serving as the TFTP client and the file server
serving as the TFTP server, you can upload a system software image file from the switch to the file server,
or download a system software image file from the file server to the switch.
You can upgrade a system software image file by using TFTP through the BootWare menu or at the CLI.
Upgrading a system software image file by using TFTP through
the BootWare menu
Setting up an upgrade environment
Figure 10
Set up a TFTP environment
1.
Connect the Ethernet port GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 of the switch to the PC by using a crossover
Ethernet cable, and configure IP addresses for the Ethernet port of the switch and the PC, which
must be on the same network segment so that the switch and the PC can communicate with each
other. For example, set the IP address of the VLAN interface to 192.168.0.1 and that of the PC to
192.168.0.2.
2.
Run TFTP Server on the PC, and set the path of the system software image file to be downloaded.
CAUTION:
•
The TFTP server software is not provided with the WX3024E. You must make sure that it
is available by yourself.
•
Only the management Ethernet port, GigabitEthernet 1/0/1, can be used for system
software image file upgrade.
Configuring the Ethernet port parameters
Before upgrading a system software image file through the management Ethernet port, configure the port
as follows:
Select
3
from the BootWare main menu to enter the Ethernet submenu and select
5
to enter the Ethernet
port configuration submenu.
TFTP client
TFTP server
Console cable
Ethernet cable