Management and Configuration Guide K/KA/KB.15.15

For switches that have a separate out-of-band management port, the oobm parameter specifies
that the TFTP traffic must come in through the out-of-band management interface. If this parameter
is not specified, the TFTP traffic comes in through the data interface. The oobm parameter is not
available on switches that do not have a separate out-of-band management port.
Example
To download a software file from secondary flash in a switch with an IP address of 10.28.227.103
to the secondary flash in a destination switch, you would execute the following command in the
destination switch's CLI:
Example 99 Switch-to-switch, from either flash in source to either flash in destination
HP Switch# copy tftp flash 10.29.227.13 flash /os/secondary secondary
Device will be rebooted, do you want to continue [y/n]? y
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Switch-to-switch download to primary flash (Menu)
Using the menu interface, you can download a switch software file from either the primary or
secondary flash of one switch to the primary flash of another switch of the same series.
1. From the switch console Main Menu in the switch to receive the download, select 7. Download
OS screen.
2. Ensure that the Method parameter is set to TFTP (the default.)
3. In the TFTP Server field, enter the IP address of the remote switch containing the software file
you want to download.
4. For the Remote File Name, enter one of the following:
• To download the software in the primary flash of the source switch, enter flash in
lowercase characters.
• To download the software in the secondary flash of the source switch, enter
/os/secondary.
5. Press [Enter], and then [X] (for eXecute) to begin the software download.
A "progress" bar indicates the progress of the download. When the entire switch software
download has been received, all activity on the switch halts and the following messages
appear:
Validating and writing system software to FLASH...
6. After the primary flash memory has been updated with the new software, you must reboot the
switch to implement the newly downloaded software. Return to the Main Menu and press [6]
(for Reboot Switch.) You then see this prompt:
Continue reboot of system? : No
Press the space bar once to change No to Yes, then press [Enter] to begin the reboot.
7. To confirm that the software downloaded correctly:
a. From the Main Menu, select
Status and Counters
General System Information
b. Check the Firmware revision line.
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