Downloading Software To The Switch; Tftp Download From A Server - HP ProCurve 4100GL Series Operating

Software Management

Downloading Software to the Switch

Downloading Software to the Switch
HP periodically provides switch operating system (OS) updates through the HP ProCurve web site
(http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve
following methods for downloading the operating system (OS) code to the switch:
For a TFTP transfer from a server, place the OS file in your TFTP server's default directory. Then
do either of the following:
Download OS
• Click on
TFTP
(default)
copy tftp
• Use the
For an Xmodem transfer from a PC or Unix workstation, do either of the following:
Download OS
• Click on
Xmodem
option.
• Use the copy xmodem command in the switch's CLI (
HP's SNMP Download Manager included in HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches
A switch-to-switch file transfer
N o t e
Downloading a new OS does not change the current switch configuration. The switch configuration
is contained in a separate file that can also be transferred, for example, for archive purposes or to
be used in another switch of the same model.
This section describes how to use the CLI to download an OS to the switch. You can also use the
menu interface for OS downloads. For more information, refer to the Management and Configura­
tion Guide for your switch.

TFTP Download from a Server

Syntax:
copy tftp flash <ip-address> <remote-os-file> [ < primary | secondary > ]
Note that if you do not specify the flash destination, the TFTP download defaults to the primary flash.
For example, to download an OS file named G_07_5 x .swi from a TFTP server with the IP address of
10.28.227.103:
2
). After you acquire the new OS file, you can use one of the
in the Main Menu of the switch's menu interface and use the
option.
command in the switch's CLI (see below).
in the Main Menu of the switch's menu interface and select the
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