File Transfers

Overview

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Overview

You can download new switch software and upload or download switch configuration files. These features are useful for acquiring periodic switch software upgrades and for storing or retrieving a switch configuration.

This appendix includes the following information:

Downloading switch software (begins below)

Transferring switch configurations (begins on page A-18)

For information on how switch memory operates, including primary and secondary flash, see Chapter 6, “Switch Memory and Configuration”.

In the switch console interface, the switch software is referred to as the OS, for switch “operating system”.

Downloading Switch Software

HP periodically provides switch software updates through the HP ProCurve website (http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve). For more information, see the support and warranty booklet shipped with the switch. After you acquire a new switch software file, you can use one of the following methods for downloading the switch software code to the switch:

Switch Software Download Features

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

TFTP

n/a

page A-4

page A-6

Xmodem

n/a

page A-11

page A-12

Switch-to-Switch

n/a

page A-14

page A-15

 

Software Update Manager in HP PCM+

Refer to the documentation provided with HP

 

PCM+.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A-2