4 Enter the reload command. The following message is displayed:
console# reload
This command will reset the whole system and disconnect your current
session. Do you want to continue (y/n) [n]?
5 Enter y. The device reboots.
Boot Image Download
Loading a new boot image from the TFTP server and programming it into the flash updates the boot
image. The boot image is loaded when the device is powered on. A user has
image copies. To download a boot image through the TFTP server:
1 Ensure that an IP address is configured on one of the device ports and pings can be sent to a
TFTP server.
2 Ensure that the file to be downloaded is saved on the TFTP server (the rfb file).
3 Enter copy tftp://{tftp address}/{file name} boot to copy the boot image to the
device. The following is an example of the information that appears:
console# copy tftp://176.215.31.3/332448-10018.rfb boot
Erasing file..done.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Copy: 2739187 bytes copied in 00:01:13 [hh:mm:ss]
4 Enter the reload command. The following message is displayed:
console# reload
This command will reset the whole system and disconnect your current
session. Do you want to continue (y/n) [n]?
5 Enter y .
The device reboots.
no
control over the boot
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