File Transfers

Downloading Switch Software

7.After the primary flash memory has been updated with the new software, you must reboot the switch to implement the newly downloaded software. Return to the Main Menu and press [6] (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 [Enter] to begin the reboot.

8.To confirm that the software downloaded correctly:

a.From the Main Menu, select

Status and Counters

General System Information

b.Check the Firmware revision line.

CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads

Where two switches in your network belong to the same series, you can download a software image between them by initiating a copy tftp command from the destination switch. The options for this CLI feature include:

Copy from primary flash in the source to either primary or secondary in the destination.

Copy from either primary or secondary flash in the source to either primary or secondary flash in the destination.

Downloading from Primary Only.

Syntax: copy tftp flash < ip-addr> flash [ primary secondary ]

This command (executed in the destination switch) downloads the software flash in the source switch’s primary flash to either the primary or secondary flash in the destination switch.

If you do not specify either a primary or secondary flash location for the destination, the download automatically goes to primary flash.

For example, to download a software file from primary flash in a switch with an IP address of 10.29.227.103 to the primary flash in the destination switch, you would execute the following command in the destination switch’s CLI:

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