File Transfers

Overview

Overview

You can download new switch software (operating system—OS) 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 an operating system (begins below)

Transferring switch configurations (begins on page A-13)

For information on how switch memory operates, including primary and secondary flash, see Chapter 5, “Switch Memory and Configuration”.

Downloading an Operating System (OS)

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

OS Download Features

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

TFTP

n/a

page A-4

page A-5

Xmodem

n/a

page A-7

page A-8

Switch-to-Switch

n/a

page A-9

page A-10

 

SNMP Download Manager in HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches

Refer to the documentation provided with HP TopTools for Hubs and Switches

General OS Download Rules

An OS image you download via the menu interface always goes to primary flash.

After an OS download, you must reboot the switch to implement the newly downloaded OS. Until a reboot occurs, the switch continues to run on the OS it was using before the download commenced.

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