GS700TS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
1-9 Getting Started with Switch Management
v1.0, June 2009

Password Change

You can set a new password of up to 20 ASCII characters.
1. Click Password Change from the Switch Setting section. The Password Change screen
appears. You can set a new password. You must enter the old and new passwords and confirm
the new one.
2. Click Set to enable the new password.

Firmware Upgrade

The GS700TS Smart Switch soft ware 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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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:
Note: You can also upgrade the firmware using the Download menu of the switch (see
“Download”).