Upgrading Software Using The Boot Menu; Boot The System - 3Com 3C17500 Installation Manual

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HAPTER AINTAINING
Upgrading Software
Using The BOOT Menu
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OFTWARE
200 Type set to I.
[ftp]get 88003.app
200 PORT command successful.
150 Binary data connection for 88003.app (192.168.25.210,1117)
(6725435 bytes).
226 Binary Transfer complete.
FTP: 6725435 byte(s) received in 96.753 second(s) 25.00K
byte(s)/sec.
[ftp] quit
221 Goodbye.
<SW8800>boot boot-loader 88003.app
The specified file will be booted next time!
<SW8800>reboot
This command will reboot the system. Continue? [Y/N] y
For more detailed descriptions of the setup and procedures for upgrading
software, see the remaining sections in this chapter.
To perform this operation, you must have a network connection between the
Ethernet port on the Switch 8800 Fabric module and the FTP/TFTP server. In
addition, you should verify that the file you want to use for the upgrade procedure
is on the FTP/TFTP server in the appropriate directory.
There are several procedures you must perform to complete this operation. They
are described in the following sections:

1 Boot the System

2 Modify the Ethernet Interface Boot Parameters
3 Download an Application to Flash Memory
4 Boot from Flash
Boot the System
After powering on the Switch 8800, the BootROM program runs automatically.
The terminal displays the following information:
Starting......
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Copyright(C) 2000-2004 by 3COM Corporation, Inc.
Creation date: Jul
CPU type
CPU L2 Cache
CPU Clock Speed : 400MHz
BUS Clock Speed : 100MHz
Memory Size
Switch 8800 Bootrom, Version 113
5 2004, 10:43:58
: MPC755
: 1024KB
: 512MB
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