Reviewing and Selecting a Boot Firmware Image
3-34 Basic Configuration
1. Saveyourrunningconfigurationwiththesaveconfigcommand.
2. Makeacopyofthecurrentconfigurationwiththeshowconfigoutfileconfigs/filename
command.Usethedircommandtoconfirmthatthefilewascreated.
3. Ifdesired,copythefiletoaremoteTFTPserverwiththecopycommand:
copyconfigs/filename
tftp://server_ipaddr/filename
4. Loadyourpreviousversionofcodeonthedevice,asdescribedin“DownloadingaFirmware
Image”(page 3‐31).
5. Setthisolderversionofcodetobethebootcodewiththesetbootsystemcommand(page3‐
35).Whenthesystemasksifyouwanttoresetthe
device,specifyno(n).
6. Reloadthesavedconfigurationontothedevicewiththeconfigurecommand,describedon
page3‐44.
7. Rebootthesystemusingtheresetcommand(page3‐50).
Reviewing and Selecting a Boot Firmware Image
Purpose
Todisplayandsettheimagefiletheswitchloadsatstartup.TheB5switchallowsyouto
downloadandstoreabackupimage,whichcanbeselectedasthestartupimagebyusingthe
commandsdescribedinthissection.
Commands
show boot system
Usethiscommandtodisplaythefirmwareimagetheswitchloadsatstartup.
Syntax
show boot system
Caution: Before reverting to a previous image, always back up your configuration by saving it to a
file (show config outfile on page 3-43). You can then copy the file to a remote location (copy on
page 3-44).
Note: You will not be able to peform these steps remotely unless you have remote console support.
Caution: If you do not follow the steps above, you may lose remote connectivity to the switch.
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