Upgrade Bootrom - Huawei Quidway S6500 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual - System Management
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches
3) If the switch cannot be booted by both of the files, it randomly selects an
application file from the Flash memory. The booting fails if the switch cannot be
booted by the newly selected one.
Note:
S6506R supports master board and slave board. The two boards both have file system.
User can operate the file on the two boards. In the case user designate the APP
adopted on slave board next time, the file directory or URL should be started with
"slot[No.]#flash:", the [No.] is the slave board number. For example, suppose slot 1 is
slave board, "text.txt" file URL on slave board should be "slot1#flash:/text.txt".

3.2.5 Upgrade BootROM

S6500 series switches have many cards. Every card has its own BootROM application.
Wrongly upgrading the BootROM causes serious results. The validity checking is used
to avoid the above wrong operation.
Perform the following configuration in System view.
Table 3-5 Enable/Disable the validity Check
Enable the validity Check
Disable the validity Check
You can use followed command to upgrade the BootROM with the BootROM program
in the Flash Memory. This configuration task facilitates the remote upgrade. You can
upload the BootROM program file from a remote end to the switch via FTP and then
use this command to upgrade the BootROM.
Perform the following configuration in user view.
Table 3-6 Upgrade BootROM
Upgrade BootROM
Operation
Operation
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Command
bootrom-update security-check enable
undo bootrom-update security-check enable
Command
boot bootrom file-url slot slot-num-list
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Chapter 3 Device management