Specifying The App To Be Used At Reboot; Upgrading The Boot Rom; Enabling Auto Power Down On An Ethernet Port - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual

Enabling of this function consumes some amounts of CPU resources. Therefore, if your network has a
high CPU usage requirement, you can disable this function to release your CPU resources.

Specifying the APP to be Used at Reboot

APP is the host software of the switch. If multiple APPs exist in the Flash memory, you can use the
command here to specify the one that will be used when the switch reboots.
Use the following command to specify the APP to be used at reboot:
To do...
Specify the APP to be used
at reboot

Upgrading the Boot ROM

You can use the Boot ROM program saved in the Flash memory of the switch to upgrade the running
Boot ROM. With this command, a remote user can conveniently upgrade the Boot ROM by uploading
the Boot ROM to the switch through FTP and running this command. The Boot ROM can be used when
the switch restarts.
Use the following command to upgrade the Boot ROM:
To do...
Upgrade the Boot ROM

Enabling Auto Power Down on an Ethernet Port

When auto power down is enabled on an Ethernet port, if the port is not connected to another port, or if
the peer port is shut down, the Ethernet port automatically enters the power save state, so as to lower
the power consumption of the switch.
Follow these steps to enable auto power down on an Ethernet port:
Enter system view
Enter Ethernet port view
Enable auto power down on the
Ethernet port
boot boot-loader [ backup-attribute ] { file-url
[ fabric ] | device-name }
boot bootrom { file-url | device-name }
To do...
Use the command...
Use the command...
Use the command...
system-view
interface interface-type
interface-number
port auto-power-down
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Remarks
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Disabled by default.