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Configuration and Image Commands
• Press [Enter] if you want to cancel the download.
Step 1—Viewing the Partition. To view your selected and booted partition, use the following
command:
show switch
Output from this command includes the selected and booted images and if they are in the primary or
the secondary partition.
Step 2—Selecting the Partition. To specify the partion to use when downloading an image, use the
following command:
use image {partition} <partition>
Step 3—Downloading and Installing the Image. To download the image, use the following
command:
download image [[<hostname> | <ipaddress>] <filename> {{vr} <vrname>} | memorycard
<filename>] {<partition>}
Downloading an ExtremeWare XOS core image. An ExtremeWare XOS core image uses the file
extension .xos. Before the download begins, you are asked if you want to install the image immediately
after the download is finished. If you install the image immediately after download, you must reboot
the switch. Enter to install the image after download. Enter to install the image at a later time.
y n
If you download and install the software image on the active partition, you need to reboot the switch.
The following message appears when downloading and installing on the active partition:
Image will be installed to the active partition, a reboot required. Do you want to
continue? (y or n)
Enter to continue the installation and reboot the switch. Enter to cancel.
y n
If you install the image at a later time, use the following command to install the software:
install image <fname> {<partition>} {reboot}
Where specifies the filename of the new, downloaded image.
fname
Downloading an ExtremeWare XOS module image. An ExtremeWare XOS module image has
functionality that supplements a core image. You will download and install a module onto an already
installed core image. The version number of the core image and the module must match. For example,
the module bd10K-11.0.0.25-ssh.xmod can only be installed onto the core image bd10K-11.0.0.25.xos.
To install a module to the inactive partition, use the command to download the
download image
module to the inactive partition, and use the command to install it, if you did not
install image
choose to install when the image was downloaded. Remember, the core image on the inactive partition
must be of the same version as the module. When you make the inactive partition active, by issuing the
command and rebooting the switch, the module is also activated at boot time.
use image
To install a module to the active partition, use the command to download the module
download image
to the active partition, and use the command to install it, if you did not choose to
install image
install when the image was downloaded. Remember, the core image on the active partition must be of
the same version as the module. If you reboot the switch, the module will also be activated, but you can
activate the module without rebooting the switch by issuing the command. After issuing
run update
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