R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls System Management and Maintenance Configuration Guide-6PW101

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Software upgrade
through a system reboot
Boot ROM and
system software
You need to reboot the whole system to upgrade the
software of a device. This causes running service
interruption during the upgrade process, and is not
recommended.
Software upgrade by
installing hotfixes
System software
Hotfix is a fast, cost-effective method to repair software
defects of a device. Compared with software version
upgrade, hotfix can upgrade the software without
interrupting the running services of the device. In other
words, it can repair the software defects of the current
version without rebooting the device.
Software upgrade through a system reboot
Upgrading Boot ROM through a system reboot
Follow these steps to upgrade Boot ROM:
1. Copy the Boot ROM image to the root directory of the device's storage media by using FTP or
TFTP.
2. Specify the Boot ROM image to be used at the next boot at the CLI.
3. Reboot the device to make the specified Boot ROM image take effect.
Follow these steps to upgrade Boot ROM:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enable the validity check function
when upgrading Boot ROM
bootrom-update security-check
enable
Optional
By default, the validity check
function is enabled at the time of
upgrading Boot ROM.
Return to user view quit —
Read, restore, back up, or upgrade
Boot ROM on devices or subcards
bootrom { backup | read | restore
| update file file-url } [ all | part ]
Required
All contents of Boot ROM are
operated if the all and part
keywords are not specified.
Available in user view.
Upgrading system software through a system reboot (method I)
Follow the steps to upgrade system software:
1. Save the system software image to the root directory of the device's storage media by using FTP,
TFTP, or other approaches.
2. Specify the system software image to be used at the next boot of the device at the CLI.
3. Reboot the device to make the system software image take effect.
Follow the step below to specify a system software image for the next device boot: