Upgrading The System Software - HP 830 Series Configuration Manual

Upgrading the system software

Network requirement
As shown in
software image soft-version2.bin and the latest configuration file new-config.cfg are both saved in the
aaa directory of the FTP server. The AC and the FTP server can reach each other. You can log in to the
AC through Telnet.
Upgrade the software version of the AC to soft-version2 and configuration file to new-config during an
off-peak period.
Figure 34 Network diagram
Configuration procedure
1. Configure the FTP server (configuration varies with different types of servers):
# Set access parameters for the FTP client (including enabling the FTP server function, setting the
FTP username to aaa and password to hello, and assigning the FTP user the right to access the
cfa0:/aaa directory).
<FTP-server> system-view
[FTP-server] ftp server enable
[FTP-server] local-user aaa
[FTP-server-luser-aaa] password cipher hello
[FTP-server-luser-aaa] service-type ftp
[FTP-server-luser-aaa] authorization-attribute work-directory cfa0:/aaa
# Create a .txt batch command file on the FTP server for automatic software upgrade. In this
example, the file name is auto-update.txt. The following is the file content:
return
startup saved-configuration new-config.cfg
boot-loader file soft-version2.bin main
reboot
2. Configure the AC:
# Log in to the FTP server. (The prompt may vary with servers.)
<AC> ftp 2.2.2.2
Trying 2.2.2.2 ...
Press CTRL+K to abort
Figure 34, the current system software version of the AC is soft-version1. The latest system
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