Enterasys Networks X-PeditionTM manual Using the Bootrom Update Utility

Utilizing the Command Line Interface

•Optionally, if you have CompactFlash installed, you can download the firmware file to cflash: then perform Step 1 (see below) followed by the bu (lower-case u) command.

•If you use the Cabletron TFTP/BOOTP Services application, which does not recognize long file names, first shorten the Bootrom file name to 8 characters or less with an extension, before beginning the download (i.e.: bootnew.fls). Rename the file after the download.

•Be aware that factory default Flash is limited to 8 Mbytes and if congested may not be able to store a downloaded Bootrom. Delete old firmware or other files before downloading.

Using the Bootrom Update Utility

The Bootrom update utility upgrades the boot flash sectors of the on-board Flash memory. This update tool functions similar to the bU command but also can be executed from a Telnet session, allowing Bootrom updates to be performed remotely. The utility runs as a standalone program and can recognize both old (1.x) and new (2.01) versions of the Bootrom file format. After you complete the Bootrom update, the XSR will reboot.

Note that screen-captured XSR text is displayed in Courier font. User-required input appears in larger, bold Courier font.

1.From a remote Telnet session, at a CLI prompt, configure the “boot-config” file to your current software file residing in flash: (the default is xsr1800.fls; if your Bootrom version is earlier than 1.16, the default is xsr1805.fls). Enter:

XSR(config)#boot system xsr1800.fls xsr1800.fls saved into flash:boot-config

2.Exit to EXEC mode and verify this setting by entering: more boot-config. Verify at least two MBytes of flash file space is open by entering the dir command. If file space is low, delete unnecessary files. The following files are required (xsr1800.fls may be replaced by the current software file):

XSR-1805#dir

Listing Directory flash:/

size	date	time	name
--------	------	------	--------
208	OCT-31-2002	09:34:16	startup-config
3244017	OCT-31-2002	09:32:46	xsr1800.fls
12	OCT-31-2002	09:31:32	boot-config

3,475,456 bytes free

6,727,680 bytes total

3.Using TFTP, transfer the latest Bootrom version from the network. The target name must be bootrom.fls:

–XSR-1805#copy tftp://192.168.27.95/C:/tftpDir/ bootrom2_01.fls flash:bootrom.fls

–Copy 'tftpDir/bootrom2_01.fls' from server as 'bootrom.fls' into Flash(y/n) ? y

–!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

–Download from server done

–File size: 820136 bytes

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