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80 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide
2 Enter the show bootvar command, to verify which system image is
currently active. The following is an example of the information that is
displayed:
3 Enter the one of the following commands to copy a new system image to
the current unit:
–
copy {tftp://|usb://}{tftp address}/{file name}
image (current unit)
or
To copy a new system image to all units in the stack:
–
copy tftp://{tftp address}/{file name}
unit://*/image
4 When the new image is downloaded, it is saved in the area allocated for
the other copy of system image (image-2, as shown in the example). The
following is an example of the information that appears:
Exclamation symbols indicate that a copying process is in progress. Each
symbol (!) corresponds to 512 bytes transferred successfully. A period
indicates that the copying process is timed out. Many periods in a row
indicate that the copying process failed.
console# show bootvar
Unit Image Filename Version Date Status
---- ----- --------- --------- --------------------- ---------
2 1 image-1 1.0.0.13 04-Aug-2010 08:27:30 Active*
2 2 image-2 1.0.0.12 29-Jul-2010 17:02:26 Not active
console#
console# copy tftp://176.215.31.3/file1.ros image
Accessing file ‘file1’ on 176.215.31.3Ö
Loading file1 from 176.215.31.3:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Copy took 00:01:11 [hh:mm:ss]