Administrator Guide

Images and File Management 487
Managing Images and Files (CLI)
This section provides information about the commands you use to upload,
download, and copy files to and from the Dell Networking N1500, N2000,
N3000, and N4000 Series switches. For more information about these
commands, see the
Dell Networking N1500, N2000, N3000, and N4000 Series
Switches CLI Reference Guide
at www.dell.com/support. It also describes the
commands that control the Auto Configuration feature.
Downloading and Activating a New Image (TFTP)
Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to
download a new firmware image to the switch and to make it the active
image. This example shows how to use TFTP to download the image.
NOTE: Upload, download, and copy functions use the copy command. The basic
syntax for the command is copy
source destination . This section shows several
different ways to use the copy command.
Command Purpose
copy tftp://{
ip-address |
hostname }/ path / file-
name image
Use TFTP to download the firmware image at the
specified source to the non-active image.
If the image file is in the TFTP file system root (download
path), you do not need to specify the path in the
command.
On Dell Networking N4000 Series switches, use the
following command:
copy tftp://{
ip-address | hostname }/ path / file-name {active
| backup}
show version View information about the currently active image.
filedescr {image1 |
image2} description
Add a description to the image files.
On Dell Networking N4000 Series switches, use the
following command:
filedescr {active | backup}
description