Resetting And Restarting The Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module - Cisco Ethernet switch Installation Manual

To upgrade the Gigabit Ethernet switch-module software, complete the
following steps:
1. At the CLI prompt, type the following command and press Enter.
archive download tftp://xxxx/yyyy
(where xxxx is the IP address of the TFTP server and yyyy is the image to
be downloaded; for example, cigesm -i6q4l2-tar.121-22.AY.tar).
2. When the download is complete, type
reload <Enter>
y <Enter>
Note: The previous image will be overwritten. There is enough memory to
store only one image.

Resetting and restarting the Gigabit Ethernet switch module

To activate the new image or images, you must reset the Gigabit Ethernet
switch module through the management-module interface. Complete the
following steps to reset the Gigabit Ethernet switch module:
1. From the I/O Module Tasks menu, click Management. The BladeCenter
Management Module window opens.
2. Select the I/O module bay on which the software update was just installed.
3. From the I/O Module Tasks menu, click Power/Restart.
4. Click POWER OFF SWITCH MODULE.
5. Select the I/O module bay on which the software update was just installed.
6. Click POWER ON SWITCH MODULE. Wait 70 seconds for POST to be
completed.
7. Make sure that the latest Cisco switch operating-system software was
correctly installed on the Gigabit Ethernet switch module; then click
Monitors, and select Firmware VPD. The Firmware VPD window opens.
8. In the Firmware VPD window, locate the I/O Module Firmware VPD
section. Page down to the number of the I/O module bay that contains the
Gigabit Ethernet switch module that you just installed; then, note the
corresponding level of the software for the Gigabit Ethernet switch module.
Make sure that the latest Cisco switch operating system software is
correctly installed on the Gigabit Ethernet switch module.
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