
Upgrading Firmware
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4. Telnet to the switch by entering:
telnet <switch_hostname>
user: admin
pswd: <password>
NOTE:
You can substitute the IP address of the switch for <switch_hostname>.
5. To download the firmware from the host system to the switch flash memory, enter the
following command line at the
<switch>:admin>
prompt:
firmwareDownload "16.140.32.60", "mary", "/tmp/V2.x.x"
where “
16.140.32.60
” is the IP address of the host system with the firmware image,
“
mary
” is the user to RSH, and “
/tmp/V2.x.x
” is the firmware image to be loaded into
the switch flash ROM.
NOTE:
The quotation marks are very important in the firmwareDownload command line.
RSH without a password must be enabled for the user that RSH is executing under. To
enable RSH without a password, add the switch IP name to ~<user>/.rhosts). The
format of .rhosts is: hostname [ user ].
6. Enter the
reboot
command at the Telnet prompt. The switch restarts and copies the
firmware into RAM.