Performing Firmware Upgrade - 3Com Baseline 2226-PWR Plus User Manual

If a firmware update is available, download the
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update files to the computer on which you installed
the 3Com TFTP Server.
Copy the upgrade files to the Upload/Download
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Directory you specified in
3Com TFTP Server".

Performing Firmware Upgrade

After you copy the upgrade files to the upload/down-
load directory of the computer where the 3Com TFTP
Server is installed, you are ready to perform the firm-
ware upgrade.
Before continuing, take note of the IP address of the
computer on which the 3Com TFTP Server is installed
and the file name of the
information to point the Switch to the 3Com TFTP
Server and to the correct upgrade file.
To perform the firmware upgrade:
Start the 3Com TFTP Server. For the Switch to fetch
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the upgrade files successfully, this program needs to
be running.
On the same computer, access and log on to the Web
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interface.
On the menu, click Upgrade. The System Upgrade
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screen appears.
Take note of the version number in Current Firmware
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Version. You will need this information to verify that
the upgrade was successfully completed.
In TFTP Server IP, type the IP address of the 3Com
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TFTP Server.
step 3 of "Setting Up the
file. You will need this
.HEX
Performing Firmware Upgrade
In Filename, type the full file name of the upgrade file
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(including the extension).
.HEX
Click Apply.
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The Switch connects to the 3Com TFTP Server, and
then downloads and installs the upgrade files. To
view progress of the upgrade, check the 3Com TFTP
Server interface. The Status column shows the mes-
sage, "Connection resumed at..."
CAUTION: DO NOT interrupt the firmware upgrade
process once it has started.
Figure 27 3Com TFTP Server Interface Shows Upgrade
Progress
When the upgrade process is complete, the Status
column shows the message, "Success", as illustrated
in Figure 28.
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