Software Upgrade Through A System Reboot; Upgrading Bootware - HP A5830 Series Configuration Manual

Upgrade method
Software upgrade
through a system reboot
Software upgrade by
installing hotfixes

Software upgrade through a system reboot

Upgrading BootWare

CAUTION:
To execute the bootrom command successfully, save the BootWare image in the storage media's root
directory on a member switch.
To upgrade BootWare:
Copy the BootWare image to the root directory of the device's storage media by using FTP or TFTP.
1.
Specify the BootWare image to be used at the next boot at the CLI.
2.
Reboot the device to make the specified BootWare image take effect.
3.
The BootWare image of member switches varies with devices.
Enable the validity check function for the device to strictly check the BootWare upgrade files for
correctness and the version configuration information to verify a successful upgrade.
Task...
1. Enter system view
2. Enable
function
BootWare
3. Return to user view
4. Upgrade
member switches
Upgrade object
BootWare and
system software
System software
Command...
system-view
the validity check
bootrom-update security-check
when upgrading
enable
quit
BootWare on
bootrom update file file-url slot
slot-number-list
Description
• You must reboot the whole system to upgrade the
software of a device.
• This causes running service interruption during the
upgrade process, and is not recommended.
• Hotfix is a fast, cost-effective method to repair software
defects of a device.
• Compared with software version upgrade, hotfix can
upgrade the software without interrupting the running
services of the device. In other words, it can repair the
software defects of the current version without
rebooting the device.
• The patch files match the switch model and software
version. If they are not matched, the hotfixing
operation fails.
Remarks
—
Optional.
By default, the validity check
function is enabled at the time of
upgrading BootWare.
—
Required.
Available in user view.
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