NETGEAR GS700TP manual Firmware Upgrade

GS700TP Smart Switch Software Administration Manual

Firmware Upgrade

The GS700TP Smart Switch software is upgradeable, and enables your switch to take advantage of improvements and additional features as they become available. The upgrade procedure assumes that you have downloaded or otherwise obtained the firmware upgrade and that you have it available as a binary file on your computer. This procedure uses the TFTP protocol to implement the transfer from computer to switch.

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Note: You can also upgrade the firmware using the Download menu of the switch (see “Download”).

If you click Firmware Upgrade from the main screen (see Figure 1-1), after you have selected the switch to upgrade, the following screen appears:

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Figure 1-5

1.Enter the following values into the appropriate places in the form:

•Product Assigned Firmware: The location of the new firmware. If you do not know the location, click Browse to locate the file.

•Upgrade Password: Enter your password; the default password is password.

Getting Started with Switch Management 1-9

v1.0, December 2007