3Com 2900 manual Loading Files Using FTP Through Ethernet Port, Introduction to FTP

The procedure of loading an application file is similar to that of loading a Boot ROM file. The difference lies in that the system displays the prompt of loading the application file rather than the Boot ROM file.

After loading the application file, the switch displays that you should configure the application attribute, that is, main, backup, or none. Type a specific attribute to complete loading the application file.

Writing flash..................................................................

................Done!

Please input the file attribute (Main/Backup/None) M

Done!

If an application file with a specific attribute already exists when you set a new file with the attribute, the attribute of the existing file becomes none after the new file becomes effective.

Loading Files Using FTP Through Ethernet Port

Introduction to FTP

The switch can serve as an FTP client by using its Ethernet port to download the system application and configuration files.

Loading a Boot ROM file

Complete the following tasks to load a Boot ROM file using FTP 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 FTP Server program on the server	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, and	Required
then enter 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 load the Boot ROM file
through FTP
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	Required
	Restart the switch to make the updated Boot
ROM file effective
	ROM file effective.

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