3Com 5101M-MGT installation and operation guide Software Download Instructions

5 Software Download Instructions

This chapter explains how to download new software to the Flash EPROM in your ONline Ethernet Management Module (EMM). 3Com Corporation provides new software to registered Software Subscription Service users when new features or enhancements are available for the module.

You can download software either through an out-of-band connection, which requires that your terminal be connected directly to the module RS-232 port, or through an inband connection, which downloads the code from a file stored on a local file server. An inband download is available only using the advanced software version of EMM.

This chapter is divided in to the following sections:

❑Download Requirements

❑Out-of-Band Download Instructions

❑Inband Download Instructions

❑Troubleshooting

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