File Transfers

Downloading an Operating System (OS)

A “progress” bar indicates the progress of the download. When the entire

OS file has been received, all activity on the switch halts and you will see

Validating and writing system software to FLASH...

7.After the primary flash memory has been updated with the new operating system, you must reboot the switch to implement the newly downloaded OS. Return to the Main Menu and press ��� (for Reboot Switch). You will then see this prompt:

Continue reboot of system? : No

Press the space bar once to change No to Yes, then press ������� to begin the reboot.

N o t e

When you use the menu interface to download an OS, the new image is

 

always stored in primary flash. Also, using the Reboot Switch command

 

in the Main Menu always reboots the switch from primary flash. Rebooting

 

the switch from the CLI gives you more options. See “Rebooting the

 

Switch” on page 5-17.

 

 

8.After you reboot the switch, confirm that the operating system down- loaded correctly:

a.From the Main Menu, select 1. Status and Counters, and from the Status and Counters menu, select 1. General System Information

b.Check the Firmware revision line.

CLI: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary or Secondary

Flash

This command automatically downloads an OS image to primary or secondary flash.

Syntax: copy tftp flash <ip-address> <remote-os-file> [< primary secondary >]

Note that if you do not specify the flash destination, the Xmodem download defaults to primary flash.

For example, to download an OS file named E0500.swi from a TFTP server with the IP address of 10.28.227.103 to primary flash:

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