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2-72 Startup and General Configuration
Reviewing and Selecting a Boot Firmware Image
Downloading a New Firmware Image
YoucanupgradetheoperationalfirmwareintheMatrixSeriesdevicewithoutphysicallyopening
thedeviceorbeinginthesamelocation.Therearethreewaystodownloadfirmwaretothedevice:
•ViaFTPdownload.ThisprocedureusesanFTPserverconnectedtothenetworkand
downloadsthefirmwareusingthe
FTPprotocol.Itisthemostrobustdownloading
mechanism.FordetailsonhowtoperformanFTPdownloadusingthecopycommand,refer
to“copy”onpage 2‐86.
•ViaTFTPdownload.ThisprocedureusesaTFTPserverconnectedtothenetworkand
downloadsthefirmwareusingtheTFTPprotocol.For
detailsonhowtoperformaTFTP
downloadusingthecopycommand,referto“copy”onpage 2 ‐86.
•Viatheserial(console)port.Thisprocedureisanout‐of‐band operationthat copiesthe
firmwarethroughtheserialporttothedevice.Ittakesapproximatelyfiveminutesand
requiresminimal
configuration.Itshouldbeusedincaseswhenyoucannotconnectthe
devicetoperformthein‐bandcopydownloadprocedureviaFTPorTFTP.Serialconsole
downloadhasbeensuccessfullytestedwiththefollowingapplications:
• HyperTerminal Copyright 1999
• Tera Term Pro Version 2.3
Anyotherterminalapplicationsmayworkbutarenotexplicitlysupported.Fordetails,referto
“DownloadingviatheSerialPort”onpage 2‐72.
Downloading from an FTP or TFTP Server
ToperformanFTPorTFTPdownload,proceedasfol low s:
1. Ifyouhavenotalreadydoneso,setthedevice’sIPaddressusingthesetipaddresscommand
asdetailedin“setipaddress”onpage 2‐31.
2. Downloadanewimagefileusingthecopycommandasdetailedin“copy
”onpage 2‐86.
Youcannowsetthedevicetoloadthenewimagefileatstartupusingthesetbootsystem
commandasdescribedin“setbootsystem”onpage 2‐75.
Downloading via the Serial Port
Todownloaddevicefirmwareviatheserial(console)port,proceedasfollows:
1. Withtheconsoleportconnected,powerupthedevice.Thefollowingmessagedisplays:
Boot ROM Initialization, Version 01.00.01
Copyright (c) 2004 Enterasys Networks, Inc.
SDRAM size: 128 MB
Important Notice
The Matrix Series device allows you to download and store multiple image files. This feature is useful for
reverting back to a previous version in the event that a firmware upgrade fails to boot successfully. After
downloading firmware as described above, you can select which image file you want the device to load at
startup using the setboot command in the System Image Loader menu (“Downloading via the Serial Port” on
page 2-72) or the set boot system command (“set boot system” on page 2-75).
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