3Com ENTERPRISE OS 11.3 manual bcmconfig, Indicates the IP address or hostname of the bridge/router

74CHAPTER 8: REFERENCE FOR THE UPGRADE MANAGEMENT UTILITIES

Values

both	Default value, which backs up both the primary and
	secondary boot sources.
primary	Backs up the primary boot source.
secondary	Backs up the secondary boot source.
<device>	Indicates the IP address or hostname of the bridge/router.
<-ftp -tftp>	Specifies the file transfer protocol to be used in the backup
	process.
<backname>	Specifies the name to be given to the backup file of the
	boot blocks.

Options No available options.

Example For example, to backup the primary boot block as MyBackup01 using FTP, enter:

bcmbackup primary -ftp -name:MyBackup01 199.199.199.2

bcmconfig

Syntax bcmconfig <device>[:<slot>] [<boot_source>] [options]

Description The bcmconfig utility performs EEPROM configuration of the device and retrieves or sets the following parameters for each boot source:

■Path and name for load image

■Path and name for configuration files

The bcmconfig utility does not alter the running state of the bridge/router or switch. It only determines what happens the next time the bridge/router or switch is rebooted. The utility also detects the following error and warning conditions:

■Files/paths not present locally to the box or locally to this server.

■Inconsistency with other configurations in other blocks (such as subnet masks).

Values

<device>	Indicates the name or IP address of the bridge/router.
<slot>	Indicates the slot number of an I/O module. (Use options marked
	with *.)

<boot_source> Designates type of boot source: master, primary, secondary, test, dump, or all.

Options Where <boot source> is master, the [options] are:

-st[artup (once	Attempts to boot once.
forever	Attempts to boot forever.
local)	Forces boot from local media.