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Basic configuration tasks
For details about updating switch software, see the following sections:
•
"Changing switch software in the CLI" (page 82)
•
"Changing switch software in the Java Device Manager" (page 84)
•
"Changing switch software in the Web-based Management Interface"
(page 87)
•
"LED activity during software download" (page 89)
Changing switch software in the CLI
To change the software version that runs on the switch using the CLI,
perform the following procedure.
Step
Action
1
Access the CLI through the Telnet protocol or through a Console
connection. For detailed information about this subject, see
.
2
From the command prompt, use the download command with the
following parameters to change the software version:
download [address <ip>] {image <image name> |
image-if-newer <image name> | diag <image name> |
poe_module_image <image name>} [no-reset] [usb]
"download parameters" (page 82)
explains the parameters for the
download
command.
download parameters
Parameter
Description
address <ip>
The IP address of the TFTP server you use.
The address <ip> parameter is optional
and if you omit it, the switch defaults to the
TFTP server specified by the
tftp-server
command unless software download is to
occur using a USB Mass Storage Device.
image <image name>
The name of the software image to be
downloaded from the TFTP server.
image-if-newer <image
name>
This parameter is the name of the software
image to be downloaded from the TFTP
server if it is newer than the currently running
image.
The
image, image-if-newer, diag
, and
poe_module_image
parameters are mutually exclusive; you can execute only one at a time.
The address <ip> and usb parameters are mutually exclusive; you can
execute only one at a time.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Overview — System Configuration
NN47205-500
02.01
Standard
5.0
23 February 2007
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