File Transfers

Downloading Switch Software

Received disconnect from 10.0.12.31: 2: Wait for previous session to complete

lost connection

Attempt to Start a Second Session. The switch supports only one SFTP session or one SCP session at a time. If a second session is initiated (for example, an SFTP session is running and then an SCP session is attempted), then the following error message may appear on the client console:

Received disconnect from 10.0.12.31: 2: Other SCP/SFTP session running

lost connection

Using Xmodem to Download Switch Software From a PC or UNIX Workstation

This procedure assumes that:

The switch is connected via the Console RS-232 port to a PC operating as a terminal. (Refer to the Installation and Getting Started Guide you received with the switch for information on connecting a PC as a terminal and running the switch console interface.)

The switch software is stored on a disk drive in the PC.

The terminal emulator you are using includes the Xmodem binary transfer feature. (For example, in the HyperTerminal application included with Windows NT, you would use the Send File option in the Transfer dropdown menu.)

Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash

Note that the menu interface accesses only the primary flash.

1.From the console Main Menu, select

7.Download OS

2.Press [E] (for Edit).

3.Use the Space bar to select XMODEM in the Method field.

4.Press [Enter], then [X] (for eXecute) to begin the software download. The following message then appears:

Press enter and then initiate Xmodem transferfrom the attached computer.....

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