Boot Load Commands; Table 8-1 Boot Load Commands - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6500 User Manual

Upgrading and Changing Firmware
8.1.2

Boot Load Commands

The following table describes the commands available from the boot load prompt, their use, and their associated
parameters.
Table 8-1
Command Action
Change default boot load image:
chpi
Sets one of two images of the boot load
firmware as the default. Default boot load
image is executed at start-up.
Clear flash file system:
clfs
Clear flash file system of all switch
configuration information.
dcfg Display boot load configuration:
Displays revision numbers of both boot load
images, the switch MAC address, and the file
space (in hexadecimal) available for
additional MAC addresses.
Shows whether POST is set to run at switch
start-up.
df Download Firmware:
Downloads firmware images from a
TFTP/Bootp server.
Different components of the switch firmware
are downloaded, depending on the parameter
used with this command.
Run switch firmware:
go
Exit the boot load prompt, and run switch
operating firmware.
he Show help:
Displays help for a boot load command or
displays list of all boot load commands.
POST on or off:
ponf
Changes start-up action: either run POST
before running switch firmware or skip POST
and go directly to switch firmware.
8-2 SmartSwitch 6500 User Guide
Boot load commands
Parameters
= set boot load image 0 as default
chpi 0
= set boot load image 1 as default
chpi 1
none
none
= download boot load firmware
df B
= download switch operating firmware
df S
= download diagnostics (POST)
df P
(none) = download switch operating
df
firmware
= run switch firmware, do not run POST
go V
= run POST before running switch
go P
firmware
(none) = run switch firmware, do not run
go
POST
[<command>]
= display help for command
he
specified
= display list of all boot load commands
he
= run switch firmware after start-up
ponf V
timeout
= run POST before running switch
ponf P
firmware
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