3Com Switch 7750 Configuration Guide Guide

790 CHAPTER 73: BOOTROM AND HOST SOFTWARE LOADING

Step 1: As shown in Figure 208, connect the switch through an Ethernet port to

the PC (with IP address 10.1.1.1)

Step 2: Configure the IP address of VLAN1 on the switch to 192.168.0.65, and

subnet mask to 255.255.255.0.

You can configure the IP address for any VLAN on the switch for FTP transmission.

However, before configuring the IP address for a VLAN interface, you have to

make sure whether the IP addresses of this VLAN and PC are routable.

<SW7750> system-view

System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.

[SW7750] interface Vlan-interface 1

[SW7750-Vlan-interface1] ip address 192.168.0.65 255.255.255.0

Step 3: Enable FTP service on the switch, configure the FTP user name to test,

password to pass, and directory to FLASH root directory.

[SW7750-Vlan-interface1] quit

[SW7750] ftp server enable

[SW7750] local-user test

New local user added.

[SW7750-luser-test] password simple pass

[SW7750-luser-test] service-type ftp ftp-directory flash:/

Step 4: Enable FTP client software on PC. Refer to Figure 209 for the command

line interface in Windows operating system.

Figure 209 Command line interface

Step 5: Enter cd in the interface to switch to the path that the BootROM upgrade

file is to be stored, and assume the name of the path is "D:Bootrom", as shown in

Figure 210.