Loading Software Using Ftp Through Ethernet Port - H3C S5800-32F Installation Manual

If an application file with a specific attribute already exists when you set a new file with the attribute, the
attribute of the existing file becomes none after the new file becomes effective.

Loading Software Using FTP Through Ethernet Port

Introduction to FTP
The switch can serve as either an FTP server or an FTP client by using its Ethernet port to download the
system application and configuration files. The switch serves as an FTP client in the following
examples.
Upgrading the Boot ROM program
When upgrading the Boot ROM program, the switch can serve only as an FTP client.
Complete the following tasks to upgrading the Boot ROM program using FTP through an Ethernet port
(For details about the HyperTerminal, refer to
Set up the configuration environment
Run the FTP Server program on the server
Run the terminal emulation program on the PC
connected with the switch's console port. Start
the switch and enter the Boot ROM menu, and
then enter the protocol parameter setting menu.
Enter the protocol parameter setting menu
Configure the switch to load the Boot ROM file
through FTP
Update the Boot ROM file on the switch
Restart the switch to make the updated Boot
ROM file effective
1) Set up the configuration environment
Setting Terminal Parameters
Task
5-15
on page 4-2):
Remarks
Required
Connect the switch to the TFTP server through
an Ethernet port, and to a PC through the
console port. The PC and the TFTP server can
be the same device.
Required
Required
Log in to the switch through the HyperTerminal
and configure the protocol for uploading the
Boot ROM file.
Required
Update the Boot ROM file on the switch.
Required
Restart the switch to make the updated Boot
ROM file effective.