Managing Images And Files (Cli); Downloading And Activating A New Image (Tftp) - Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Configuration Manual

Managing Images and Files (CLI)

This section provides information about the commands you use to upload,
download, and copy files to and from the PowerConnect 8000-series and
8100-series switches. For more information about these commands, see the
PowerConnect 8024/8024F/8132/8132F/8164/8164F CLI Reference Guide
support.dell.com/manuals. It also describes the commands that control the
Auto Configuration feature.
NOTE:
Upload, download, and copy functions use the copy command. The basic
syntax for the command is copy
different ways to use the copy command.

Downloading and Activating a New Image (TFTP)

Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to
download a new firmware image to the switch and to make it the active
image. This example shows how to use TFTP to download the image.
Command
ip-address
copy tftp://{
hostname path
}/
name
image
show bootvar
filedescr {image1 |
description
image2}
boot system {image1 |
image2}
reload
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Managing Images and Files
Purpose
| Use TFTP to download the firmware image at the
file-
/ specified source to the non-active image.
If the image file is in the TFTP file system root (download
path), you do not need to specify the path in the
command.
View the name of the image that is currently active
(image1 or image2).
Add a description to the image files.
Set the image to use as the boot (active) image after the
switch resets. Images on the PC8132/PC8164 are named
active
and
Reboot the switch to make the new image the active
image.
You are prompted to verify that you want to continue.
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