
Operation Manual – System Maintenance and Debugging
H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Boot ROM and Host Software
Loading
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<Sysname> reboot
Note:
Before restarting the switch, make sure you have saved all other configurations that
you want, so as to avoid losing configuration information.
2)
Loading host software
Loading the host software is the same as loading the Boot ROM program, except that
the file to be downloaded is the host software file, and that you need to use the
boot
boot-loader
command to select the host software used for next startup of the switch.
After the above operations, the Boot ROM and host software loading is completed.
Pay attention to the following:
z
The loading of Boot ROM and host software takes effect only after you restart the
switch with the
reboot
command.
z
If the space of the Flash memory is not enough, you can delete the unused files in
the Flash memory before software downloading. For information about deleting
files, refer to
File System Management
part of this manual.
z
Ensure the power supply during software loading.
II. Loading Procedure Using FTP Server
As shown in
Figure 1-9
, the switch is used as the FTP server. You can telnet to the
switch, and then execute the FTP commands to upload the Boot ROM switch.btm to the
switch.
1)
Loading the Boot ROM
Figure 1-9
Remote loading using FTP server
Step 1: As shown in
Figure 1-9
, connect the switch through an Ethernet port to the PC
(whose IP address is 10.1.1.1)
Step 2: Configure the IP address of VLAN-interface 1 on the switch to 192.168.0.28,
and subnet mask to 255.255.255.0.