HP Upgrading the Boot ROM program through a system reboot

Upgrade method	Upgrade object Description
Upgrading system software	System software	upgrade process, and is not recommended.
through a system reboot
		• Hotfix is a fast, cost-effective method to repair
		software defects of a switch.
		• Compared with software version upgrade, hotfix can
		upgrade the software without interrupting the running
Software upgrade by	System software	services of the switch. It can repair the software
installing hotfixes		defects of the current version without rebooting the

switch.

• The patch files match the switch model and software version. If they are not matched, the hotfixing operation fails.

Upgrading the Boot ROM program through a system reboot

Follow these steps to upgrade Boot ROM:

To do…	Use the command…	Remarks
Enter system view	system-view	—

Enable the validity check function	bootrom-update security-check
when upgrading Boot ROM	enable

Optional

By default, the validity check function is enabled at the time of upgrading Boot ROM.

Return to user view	quit	—
Save the Boot ROM image to the		Required
		For more information about FTP or
root directory of the Flash of the	—
		TFTP, see the chapters “FTP
switch by using FTP, TFTP, or other
		configuration” and “TFTP
approaches.
		configuration.”
Upgrade Boot ROM on the switch	bootrom update file file-urlslot	Required
	slot-number-list	Available in user view.
		The slot keyword specifies the ID of
Reboot the switch	reboot [ slot slot-number]	a switch. The ID can only be 1.
		Available in user view.

CAUTION:

To execute the bootrom command successfully, save the Boot ROM image in the storage media’s root directory on the switch.

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