7-4 SmartSwitch ATM User Guide
Bootline Commands Firmware Upgrades and Bootline Commands
7.2.2 Bootline Commands Explanations
The following table describes the commands available from the bootline prompt, their use, and their associated
parameters.
Table 7-1 Bootline commands
Command Action Parameters
chpi Change default boot load image:
Sets one of two images of the boot load
firmware as the default. Default boot load
image is executed at start-up.
chpi 0 = set boot load image 0 as default
chpi 1 = set boot load image 1 as default
clfs Clear flash file system:
Clear flash file system of all switch
configuration information.
none
dcfg Display boot load configuration:
Displays revision numbers of both bo ot load
images, the switch MAC address, and the file
space (in hexadecimal) available for
additional MAC addresses.
Shows whether POST is set to run at switch
start-up.
none
df Download Firmware:
Downloads firmware images from a
TFTP/Bootp server.
Different components of the switch firmware
are downloaded, depending on the parameter
used with this command.
df B = download boot load firmware
df S = download switch operating firmware
df P = download diagnostics (POST)
df (none) = download switch operating
firmware
go Run switch firmware:
Exit the bootline prompt, and run switch
operating firmware.
go V = run switch firmware, do not run POST
go P = run POST before running switch
firmware
go (none) = run switch firmware, do not run
POST
he Show help:
Displays help for a bootline command or
displays list of all bootline commands.
he [<command>] = display help for command
specified
he = display list of all bootline commands
ponf POST on or off:
Changes start-up action: either run POST
before running switch firmware or skip POST
and go directly to switch firmware.
ponf V = run switch firmware after start-up
timeout
ponf P = run POST before running switch
firmware