Booting The Switch - 3Com 4800G Getting Started Manual

Booting the Switch

Checking before
Power-On
Powering On the Switch
Before powering on the switch, verify that:
The power cable and grounding cable are properly connected.
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The power supply voltage is consistent with that required by the switch.
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The console cable is properly connected; the terminal (which can be a PC) used
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for configuration has been started; and the configuration parameters have
been set.
The Switch 4800G have the same Boot ROM display style. This document uses the
Boot ROM display of Switch 4800G 48-Port as an example:
Starting......
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Copyright(c) 2004-2008 3Com Corporation.
Creation date
CPU Clock Speed : 533MHz
BUS Clock Speed : 133MHz
Memory Size
Mac Address
Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu... 0
The last line asks whether you want to enter the Boot Menu. The system waits two
seconds for your response.
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The system has two startup modes: normal startup and fast startup. The
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normal startup mode takes a little longer time than the fast startup mode
because of more self-test operations.
By default, the system starts up in fast mode and the waiting time here is two
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seconds. If you set the startup mode to normal, the waiting time is five
seconds. For the setting of the startup mode, refer to the next section.
If you press Ctrl + B within two seconds, the Boot Menu is displayed:
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BOOT MENU
1. Download application file to flash
2. Select application file to boot
3. Display all files in flash
4. Delete file from flash
5. Modify bootrom password
6. Enter bootrom upgrade menu
7. Skip current configuration file
8. Set bootrom password recovery
9. Set switch startup mode
0. Reboot
Enter your choice(0-9):
Table 15 describes the fields above.
3Com Switch 4800G 48-Port BOOTROM, Version 205 *
: May 28 2007, 15:36:08
: 256MB
: 00e0fc005502
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