Chapter 5 Loading Boot Rom And Host Software; Introduction To Loading Approaches; File Attribute In Boot Rom; Introduction To File Attribute - H3C S3100-52P Installation Manual

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H3C S3100-52P Ethernet Switch

Chapter 5 Loading Boot ROM and Host Software

Switch software loading through serial ports in the past is time consuming and cannot
be operated remotely. To address these problems, TFTP and FTP are used to allow
software and file downloading through Ethernet ports. The following subsections
describe how to load software and files in these two approaches.

5.1 Introduction to Loading Approaches

To load software remotely, use FTP or TFTP.
To load software at the local, use XModem at the Console port or TFTP/FTP at an
Ethernet port.
Note:
Ensure that the Boot ROM and host software versions that you download can work with
each other.

5.2 File attribute in Boot ROM

5.2.1 Introduction to File Attribute

In Boot ROM, application files, configuration files, and Web files support three kinds of
attributes: main, backup, and none, which are described in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1 File Attribute
Attribute
main
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Only one
application file,
Indicates the main
one configuration
boot file, which is
file, and one Web
used by a device
file in the Flash
to boot.
can have the main
attribute.
5-1
Feature Identification
(*)