Installation Manual
H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 6 Software Maintenance
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Chapter 6 Software Maintenance
6.1 Software Maintenance Overview
Software maintenance of a switch means to upgrade the switch host software and Boot
ROM through the host software package, which contains the host software and the
Boot ROM program, and is with the extension name of
.app
(S7500E.app for example).
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Host software upgrade involves downloading the host software package onto the
Flash of both the active and standby SRPUs, and setting the main and backup
boot files.
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Boot ROM upgrade involves upgrading the Boot ROM of the SRPUs and LPUs
through the Boot ROM program in the host software package.
There are two ways to upgrade host software and Boot ROM programs:
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Upgrade through boot menu.
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Upgrade through command lines.
However, you can upgrade the Boot ROM program of LPUs through command lines
only.
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To ensure the software version consistency between the active and standby SRPUs,
upgrade the software in the same way, that is, upgrade the software on both the
active and standby SRPUs either through command lines or through the boot menu.
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Since upgrading through command lines affects the services of the S7500E series
less significantly than upgrading through the boot menu, the former is
recommended.
6.2 Upgrading Through the Boot Menu
You can download the host software package onto the Flash of a switch in one of the
following ways:
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Download through a management/upgrade Ethernet port using TFTP
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Download through a management/upgrade Ethernet port using FTP
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Download through the console port using XMODEM
After downloading the host software package onto the Flash, specify the main/backup
boot file to complete the host software upgrade. If you need to upgrade the Boot ROM