3Com Router 6000 Family

Chapter 5

Installation Manual

Maintaining Software

5.2.4 Upgrading the Application Image Using TFTP

Upgrading the application image with NET is to download using an Ethernet interface. In this approach, the router is TFTP Client and needs connecting to TFTP Server using a fixed Ethernet interface. The following describes how to upgrade the application image in this approach:

1)Start TFTP Server on the PC connected to the Ethernet interface on the router and set the path for getting the source file.

Caution:

No TFTP Server is available with the Router 6000. You must make sure that they are available yourself.

2)In Boot Menu select option 3 to enter Net Port Download Menu as follows:

Net Port Download Menu:

1:Change Net Parameter

2:Download From Net to Flash

3:Download From Net to SDRAM and Run ￿￿

4:Exit to Main Menu

Enter your choice(1-4):1

3)Select option 1 in Net Port Download Menu for example to change the download

parameters as follows:

Change Download parameter

 

 

Download device

:eth0

 

Download file(Max 60 char)

:vrp.bin

IP address of eth0

 

:1.1.1.11

Subnet mask for eth0

 

:255.0.0.0

IP address of the server

:1.1.1.10

IP address of the gateway

:

Saving the net configuration, are you sure?[Y/N]

Table 5-1Description on the download parameters

Parameter

Description

Download device

The Ethernet port for downloading, which must be eth0.

 

 

Download file(Max 60

Name of the VRP file to be downloaded.

char)

 

 

 

IP address of eth0

IP address of interface eth0.

 

 

Subnet mask for eth0

Subnet mask of interface eth0.

 

 

 

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3Com 3C13880, 3C13840 manual Upgrading the Application Image Using Tftp, Parameter Description

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