3Com 4210 9-Port Configuration Manual page 683

Loading the Boot ROM
Figure 1-6 Local loading using TFTP
Step 1: As shown in Figure
connect the switch through the Console port to the configuration PC.
You can use one PC as both the configuration device and the TFTP server.
Step 2: Run the TFTP server program on the TFTP server, and specify the path of the program to be
downloaded.
TFTP server program is not provided with the 3Com family Switches.
Step 3: Run the HyperTerminal program on the configuration PC. Start the switch. Then enter the BOOT
Menu.
At the prompt "Enter your choice(0-9):" in the BOOT Menu, press <6> or <Ctrl+U>, and then press
<Enter> to enter the Boot ROM update menu shown below:
Bootrom update menu:
1. Set TFTP protocol parameter
2. Set FTP protocol parameter
3. Set XMODEM protocol parameter
0. Return to boot menu
Enter your choice(0-3):
Step 4: Enter 1 in the above menu to download the Boot ROM using TFTP. Then set the following
TFTP-related parameters as required:
Load File name
Switch IP address
Server IP address
Step 5: Press <Enter>. The system displays the following information:
Are you sure to update your bootrom?Yes or No(Y/N)
1-6, connect the switch through an Ethernet port to the TFTP server, and
:switch.btm
:1.1.1.2
:1.1.1.1
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