Basic Operation Guide 2014/02

Note: This is changed from always booting from primary flash. You are prompted
with a message which will indicate the flash being booted from.
system: Boots the switch. You can specify the flash image to boot from. When using
redundant management, boots both the active and standby management modules.
config: You can optionally select a configuration file from which to boot.
Example 47 Boot command (default Primary flash) with redundant management
HP Switch(config)# boot
This management module will now reboot from primary image
and will become the standby module! You will need to use
the other management module's console interface.
Do you want to continue [y/n]? y
Do you want to save current configuration [y/n]? n
In the above example, typing either a ‘y’ or ‘n’ at the second prompt initiates the reboot operation.
(Entering ‘y’ saves any configuration changes from the running-config file to the startup-config file;
entering ‘n’ discards them.)
Example 48 Boot command booting from a different flash than the current flash (with redundant
management module present)
HP Switch(config)# show flash
Image Size(Bytes) Date Version
Primary Image : 7497114 03/29/10 K.15.01.0001
Secondary Image : 7497114 03/29/10 K.15.01.0001
Boot Rom Version: K.15.08
Default Boot : Primary
HP Switch(config)# boot set-default flash secondary
This command changes the location of the default boot.
This command will change the default flash image to boot from
secondary. Hereafter, 'reload' 'boot' commands will boot from
secondary. Do you want to continue [y/n]? y
HP Switch(config)# boot
This management module will now reboot from secondary image
and will become the standby module! You will need to use the
other management module's console interface.
Do you want to continue [y/n]? n
Booting from a specified flash
This version of the boot command gives you the option of specifying whether to reboot from primary
or secondary flash, and is the required command for rebooting from secondary flash. This option
also executes the complete set of subsystem self-tests.
Syntax:
boot system flash [<primary] | [secondary>]
For example, to reboot the switch from secondary flash when there are no pending configuration
changes in the running-config file:
68 Switch Memory and Configuration