3Com Router 3000 Ethernet Family
Installation Guide
3. Starting and Maintaining the Router
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3.2 Maintaining the Router
3.2.1 Boot Menu
Start the router. When the information “Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu” appears on the terminal
screen, press <Ctrl+B>. The system displays:
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 enter the Boot
Menu. Otherwise, the system starts decompressing the program.
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If you want to enter the Boot menu after the system starts decompressing the program, you need to reboot the router.
Type the correct password and press <Enter>. (If no Boot ROM password is configured, just press
<Enter>.) The system accesses the following Boot menu:
Boot Menu:
1: Download application program with XMODEM
2: Download application program with NET
3: Clear configuration
4: Clear application password
5: Start up and ignore configuration
6: Enter debugging environment
7: Boot Rom Operation Menu
8: Do not check the version of the software
9: Exit and reboot
Enter your choice(1-9):
Note that:
1)
To download an application program through XModem, see the section “3.2.2 Upgrading
Programs through XModem”.
2)
To download an application program through Ethernet, select <2>. This menu appears:
Net Port Download Menu:
1: Change Net Parameter
2: Download From Net
3: Exit to Main Menu
Enter your choice(1-3):
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