H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Installation Manual

Installation Manual

H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 7 Software Maintenance................................................................................................. 7-1

7.1 Introduction to Loading Approaches.................................................................................. 7-1

7.1.1 Loading Software Through the Boot Menu ............................................................. 7-1

7.1.2 Loading Software through Command Lines............................................................ 7-1

7.2 Loading Software Through the Boot Menu........................................................................ 7-1

7.2.1 BOOT Menu ............................................................................................................ 7-2

7.2.2 Loading Software from the Console Port Using Xmodem ...................................... 7-4

7.2.3 Loading Software from the Management Ethernet Port Using TFTP ..................... 7-8

7.2.4 Loading Software from the Management Ethernet Port Using FTP ..................... 7-10

7.3 Loading Software Through Command Lines................................................................... 7-12

7.3.1 Loading Using FTP ............................................................................................... 7-12

7.3.2 Loading using TFTP.............................................................................................. 7-13

7.4 Loading Boot ROM and Host Software to the S7506R ................................................... 7-14

7.4.1 Loading Through Command Lines........................................................................ 7-14

7.4.2 Loading through the BOOT Menu......................................................................... 7-16

7.5 Booting the Switch with Dual Images .............................................................................. 7-17

7.6 Loading Host Software Containing the Boot ROM File ................................................... 7-19

7.6.1 Example of Upgrade Using Host Software Containing Boot ROM Files............... 7-19

7.7 Handling Loading Failure................................................................................................. 7-20

7.8 Handling Password Loss ................................................................................................. 7-21