When the above requirements are met, use the following procedure to download the new software to your GbE2 Interconnect Switch.

1.At the Boot Options# prompt, enter:

Boot Options# gtimg

2.Enter the name of the GbE2 Interconnect Switch software to be replaced:

Enter name of switch software image to be replaced ["image1"/"image2"/"boot"]: <image>

3.Enter the hostname or IP address of the FTP or TFTP server:

Enter hostname or IP address of FTP/TFTP server: <server name or IP

address>

4.Enter the name of the new software file on the server:

Enter name of file on FTP/TFTP server: <filename>

The exact form of the name will vary by TFTP server. However, the file location is normally relative to the TFTP directory.

5.Enter the user name, if you are using a FTP server:

Enter username for FTP server or hit return for TFTP server: <userID>

6.Enter the password for the FTP server (if prompted):

Enter password for username on FTP server: <password>

7.The system prompts you to confirm your request.

You should next select a software image to run, as described in the “Selecting a Soft Image to Run” section.

8.If you are loading an image from which you are not currently booted, the system prompts you to change the image.

image2 currently contains Software Version 3.1.1 that was downloaded at 15:46:36 Wed Apr 23, 2007.

New download will replace image2 with file "3.2.0_OS.img" from TFTP server 192.168.2.4.

Confirm download operation [y/n]: y Invoking TFTP over port 69...

Starting download...

File appears valid Download in

progress....................................................

Image download complete (1333953 bytes)

Writing to flash...This takes about 90 seconds. Please wait Write complete (1333953 bytes), now verifying FLASH...

Verification of new image2 in FLASH successful. image2 now contains Software Version 3.2.0 Switch is currently set to boot software image1.

Do you want to change that to the new image2? [y/n] y Next boot will use new software image2.

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