H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Installation Manual
Installation Manual
H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 6 Software Maintenance
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Press Ctrl+B. The system prompts you to input the Boot ROM password:
Password :
Note:
To enter the boot menu, press Ctrl+B within 5 seconds after “Press Ctrl+B to enter
Boot Menu...” is prompted. Otherwise, the system will start executing the host software
decompression, and in this case, if you want to enter the boot menu, you have to reboot
the switch.
Enter the correct Boot ROM password and the system displays the boot menu.
By default, no password is set for the switch and you can press Enter to enter the boot
menu.
Caution:
While using the switch, keep in mind the modified Boot ROM password.
BOOT MENU
1: Download application file to device
2: Select application file to boot
3: Display all files in device
4: Delete file from device
5: Modify bootrom password
0: Reboot
Enter your choice(0-5):
6.2.2 Downloading Through the Management/Upgrade Ethernet Port Using TFTP
I. Introduction to TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a TCP/IP protocol used for file transmission
between client and server. TFTP provides the unreliable data stream transfer service
over UDP.