3Com Switch 4200G Configuration Guide

360 CHAPTER 40: BOOTROM AND HOST SOFTWARE LOADING
Loading host software
Follow these steps to load the host software.
1 Select <1> in Boot Menu. The system displays the following information:
1. Set TFTP protocol parameter
2. Set FTP protocol parameter
3. Set XMODEM protocol parameter
0. Return to boot menu
Enter your choice(0-3):3
2 Enter 1 in the above menu to download the host software using TFTP.
The subsequent steps are the same as those for loading the BootROM program,
except that the system gives the prompt for host software loading instead of
BootROM loading.
Loading Software Using
FTP Through Ethernet
Port
Introduction to FTP
FTP is an application-layer protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite. It is used for file
transfer between server and client, and is widely used in IP networks.
You can use the switch as an FTP client and download software to the switch through
an Ethernet port. The following is an example.
Loading BootROM software
Figure 117 Local loading using FTP
1 As shown in Figure 117, connect the switch through an Ethernet port to the FTP
server, and connect the switch through the Console port to the configuration PC.
You can use one computer as both configuration device and FTP server.
2 Run the FTP server program on the FTP server, configure an FTP user name and
password, and specify the path of the program to be downloaded.
3 Run the terminal emulation program on the configuration PC. Start the switch. Then
enter the Boot Menu.
At the prompt "Enter your choice(0-9):" in the Boot Menu, press <6> or <Ctrl+U>,
and then press <Enter> to enter the BootROM update menu shown below:
Bootrom update menu:
1. Set TFTP protocol parameter
2. Set FTP protocol parameter
3. Set XMODEM protocol parameter
0. Return to boot menu
Enter your choice(0-3):
FTP client
Switch
PC
Console port Ethernet port
FTP server
FTP client
Switch
PC
Console port Ethernet port
FTP server