Dcfg Command; Df Command - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 2500 Reference Manual

Boot Load Commands

dcfg Command

Use to display information about the current boot PROM configuration
dcfg
•
Revision numbers of both boot load software images
•
Display the switch MAC address
•
Number (in hexadecimal) of contiguous MAC addresses after the base MAC address
•
Show whether POST is on or off
Example
=>dcfg
Default Boot Load Software: 0
Boot Load Software0 Rev Number =
Boot Load Software1 Rev Number =
MAC address: 0 20 d4 14 85 0
Number of contiguous MAC addresses, starting at this base: 80
POST OFF
=>

df Command

Use (download firmware) to download software images from a TFTP/Bootp server to the flash RAM of the switch.
df
Note Be sure the location and names of the image files are known to the TFTP/Bootp
server to allow the server to automatically download the files to the switch.
The command uses three parameters:
df
.
Parameter Explanation
b Download the boot load image into boot PROM. The boot
PROM contains two boot load images (one is a backup
copy). The
load image that is not currently running.
Download the switch operating software into flash RAM.
s
Download POST diagnostics into flash RAM.
p
none Same as
RAM.
1
1
, , and . These parameters specify which software component to download
b s p
command always downloads over the boot
df b
, downloads switch operating software into flash
s
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dcfg Command