Examples Of Upgrading Boot Rom And Host Software Of The Dual Srpus; Upgrading Boot Rom And Host Software Through Command Lines - 3Com S7906E Getting Started Manual

Examples of Upgrading Boot ROM and Host Software of the Dual
SRPUs
The following gives an example to describe the entire procedure for upgrading the Boot ROM program
and host software of an S7902E switch (installed with dual SRPUs). The upgrading procedure applies
to all S7900E series switches.

Upgrading Boot ROM and Host Software Through Command Lines

Assume that
The host software package for upgrade is S7902E002.app.
The host software package the system currently runs is S7902E001.app.
Slot 0 is for the active SRPU.
Slot 1 is for the standby SRPU.
Slot 3 is for an LPU.
Upgrading using FTP
Run the FTP Server on the local PC (assume its IP address is 10.10.110.1). Ensure that you have
configured the username and password and set the correct file directory.
Log into the switch through Telnet or the console port and download the host software package to the
switch by using FTP.
1) Download the software to the switch using FTP.
<3Com> ftp 10.10.110.1
Trying ...
Press CTRL+K to abort
Connected.
220 WFTPD 2.0 service (by Texas Imperial Software) ready for new user
User(none):lyt
331 Give me your password, please
Password:
230 Logged in successfully
[ftp] binary
[ftp] get S7902E002.app
[ftp] bye
2) Upgrade the Boot ROM program.
Skip this step if unnecessary.
If you want to upgrade Boot ROM on both the SRPUs and the LPU, you are recommended to upgrade
the Boot ROM program on the LPU and SRPUs in turn.
Upgrade the Boot ROM program of the LPU.
<3Com> bootrom update file flash:/ S7902E002.app slot 3
This command will update bootrom file on the specified board(s), Continue? [Y/N]:y
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