3Com Baseline Switch 2920-SFP Plus - Loading Files Using FTP through Ethernet Port

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The procedure of loading an application file is similar to that of loading a Boot ROM file. The difference
lies in that the system displays the prompt of loading the application file rather than the Boot ROM file.
After loading the application file, the switch displays that you should configure the application attribute,
that is, main, backup, or none. Type a specific attribute to complete loading the application file.
Writing flash..................................................................
................Done!
Please input the file attribute (Main/Backup/None) M
Done!
If an application file with a specific attribute already exists when you set a new file with the attribute, the
attribute of the existing file becomes none after the new file becomes effective.
Loading Files Using FTP Through Ethernet Port
Introduction to FTP
The switch can serve as an FTP client by using its Ethernet port to download the system application and
configuration files.
Loading a Boot ROM file
Complete the following tasks to load a Boot ROM file using FTP through an Ethernet port (For details
about the HyperTerminal, refer to “
Setting Terminal Parameters” on page 4-2):
Task Remarks
Set up the configuration environment
Required
Connect the switch to the TFTP server through
an Ethernet port, and to a PC through the
console port. The PC and the TFTP server can
be the same device.
Run the FTP Server program on the server Required
Run the terminal emulation program on the PC
connected with the switch’s console port. Start
the switch and enter the Boot ROM menu, and
then enter the protocol parameter setting menu.
Enter the protocol parameter setting menu
Configure the switch to load the Boot ROM file
through FTP
Required
Log in to the switch through the HyperTerminal
and configure the protocol for uploading the
Boot ROM file.
Update the Boot ROM file on the switch
Required
Update the Boot ROM file on the switch.
Restart the switch to make the updated Boot
ROM file effective
Required
Restart the switch to make the updated Boot
ROM file effective.