Upgrading The Boot Code; Upgrading The Flash Code - HP 9304m Installation And Getting Started Manual

Primary flash – The default local storage device for image files and configuration files.
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• Secondary flash – A second flash storage device. You can use the secondary flash to store redundant
images for additional booting reliability or to preserve one software image while testing another one.
Only one flash device is active at a time. By default, the primary image will become active upon reload.
You can update the software contained on a flash module using TFTP to copy the update image from a TFTP
server onto the flash module. In addition, you can copy software images and configuration files from a flash
module to a TFTP server.
NOTE: HP devices are TFTP clients but not TFTP servers. You must perform the TFTP transaction from the HP
device. You cannot "put" a file onto the HP device using the interface of your TFTP server.
NOTE: If you are upgrading redundant management modules, the flash code is automatically copied from the
active management module to the standby module when you reload. However, the boot code is not automatically
copied. See "File Synchronization Between the Active and Standby Redundant Management Modules" on
page 3-10.

Upgrading the Boot Code

To upgrade the boot code on a management module, use the following CLI method.
USING THE CLI
1. Place the new boot code on a TFTP server to which the HP device has access.
2. Enter either of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (example: HP9300#) to copy
the boot code from the TFTP server into the flash memory of the management module:
• copy tftp flash <ip-addr> <image-file-name> boot
• ncopy tftp <ip-addr> <image-file-name> flash boot
3. Verify that the code has been successfully copied by entering the following command at any level of the CLI:
• show flash
The line that begins "Boot Image size" lists the boot code version, at the end of the line.
4. If the boot code version is correct, reload the software by entering one of the following commands:
• reload (this command boots from the default boot source, which is the primary flash area by default)
• boot system flash primary | secondary

Upgrading the Flash Code

To upgrade flash code on a management module:
1. Place the new flash code on a TFTP server to which the HP device has access.
2. Enter either of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (example: HP9300#) to copy
the flash code from the TFTP server into the flash memory of the management module:
• copy tftp flash <ip-addr> <image-file-name> primary | secondary
• ncopy tftp <ip-addr> <image-file-name> flash primary | secondary
3. Verify that the flash code has been successfully copied by entering the following command at any level of the
CLI:
• show flash
The line that begins "Compressed Pri Code size" lists the flash code version in the primary flash, at the end of
the line. Similarly, the line that begins "Compressed Sec Code size" lists the flash code version in the
secondary flash.
Updating Software Images and Configuration Files
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