4.Hold down the Shift key and press the D key repeatedly during the Memory Test, until this message appears:

NOTE: To perform serial downloads at 57600 baud rate, press the Shift-F keys. To perform serial downloads at 115200 baud rate, press the Shift-D keys.

5.After the message in Step 4 appears, reconfigure the terminal emulation console using these parameters.

Parameter

Value

 

 

Baud rate

115200

 

 

Data bits

8

 

 

Parity

None

 

 

Stop bits

1

 

 

Flow control

None

 

 

6.Press the Enter key several times on the PC that is connected to the console port of the switch. When the console port is successfully communicating with the PC, indicating readiness for image transfer, continuous C's appear:

7.Be sure that the new switch boot code firmware file is available on the computer. This file can be downloaded from the CD that is shipped with the switch or from the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation).

8.Select <Transfer-Send File> from the menu and choose these options in the Send File window:

The Send File window displays progress of the file transfer. The file transfer might take up to seven minutes.

NOTE: Although slower, XModem also works if 1K MODEM is not used.

9.After completing the transfer, a message displays how many bytes transferred, followed by another message displaying the status of image extraction. Do not power cycle the switch during this process. After extracting the image, it is updated to flash and a message with a progress indicator displays as shown.

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