Loading Files Using TFTP Through Ethernet Port

Introductin to TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a TCP/IP protocol used for file transfer between client and server. It provides a simple and low-overhead file transfer service. TFTP provides unreliable data transfer over UDP.

Loading a Boot ROM file

Complete the following tasks to load a Boot ROM file using TFTP through an Ethernet port (For details about the HyperTerminal, refer to “Setting Terminal Parameters” on page 4-2):

 

Task

Remarks

 

 

Required

 

Set up the configuration environment

Connect the switch to the TFTP server through

 

an Ethernet port, and to a PC through the

 

 

console port. The PC and the TFTP server can

 

 

be the same device.

 

 

 

 

Run the TFTP Server program on the sever

Required

 

 

 

 

Run the terminal emulation program on the PC

 

 

connected with the switch’s console port. Start the

 

 

switch and enter the Boot ROM menu. Then enter

Required

 

the protocol parameter setting menu.

Log in to the switch through the HyperTerminal

 

 

 

Enter the protocol parameter setting menu

and configure the protocol for uploading the

 

Boot ROM file.

 

 

 

Configure the switch to upload the Boot ROM file

 

 

 

through TFTP

 

 

 

 

 

Update the Boot ROM file on the switch

Required

 

Update the Boot ROM file on the switch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restart the switch to make the updated Boot ROM

Required

 

file effective

Restart the switch to make the updated Boot

 

ROM file effective.

 

 

 

 

 

1)Set up the configuration environment

Connect an Ethernet port of the switch to the server (whose IP address is available) that provides the file (usually the .bin file) to be downloaded, and connect the console port of the switch to a PC, as

shown in Figure 5-8.

Figure 5-8Load applications using TFTP through Ethernet port

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