Installation Guide
QX-S6600 Series Ethernet Switches
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4 drw- - Jan 01 2011 00:00:07 diagfile
5 drw- - Jan 02 2011 00:00:07 logfile
6 -rw- 8996864 Nov 25 2011 09:53:48 boot.bin
7 -rw- 9012224 Nov 25 2011 09:53:48 backup.bin
524288 KB total (481540 KB free)
6) Compare the free Flash space of each member switch with the size of the software file
to load. If the space is sufficient, start the upgrade process. If not, go to the next step.
7) Delete obsolete files in Flash to free space:
CAUTION:
To avoid data loss, do not delete the current configuration file. For information about the
current configuration file, perform the
display startup
command. NEC recommends
that you preferentially delete obsolete software images. To avoid inadvertent delete of
the current software images, perform the
display boot-loader
command in any view to
identify them.
The
delete /unreserved
file-url
command deletes a file permanently and the action
cannot be undone.
The
delete
file-url
command moves a file to the recycle bin and the file still occupies
storage space. To permanently delete the file from the recycle bin, first perform the
undelete
command to restore the file and then perform the
delete /unreserved
file-url
command.
8) Delete obsolete files from the Flash memory of the master switch.
<Switch> delete /unreserved flash:/backup.bin
The file cannot be restored. Delete flash:/backup.bin?[Y/N]:y
Deleting the file permanently will take a long time. Please wait...
Start to delete flash:/backup.bin...Done.
9) Delete obsolete files from the Flash memory of the Standby switch.
<Switch> delete /unreserved slot2#flash:/backup.bin
The file cannot be restored. Delete slot2#flash:/backup.bin?[Y/N]:y
Deleting the file permanently will take a long time. Please wait...
Start to delete slot2#flash:/backup.bin...Done.
6.4.2 Downloading software to the master switch
Before you start upgrading software images, make sure you have downloaded the
upgrading software files to the root directory in Flash memory. This section describes
