set boot system Reviewing and Selecting a Boot Firmware Image
Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Configuration Guide 2-75
Usage
Thesystemmustberesetbysoftwareforthenewbootimagetotakeeffectatstartup.Ifthechassis
ispoweredOFFandthenbackON,thecurrentactiveimagewilljustreloadatstartup.
Thedircommand,asdescribedin“dir”onpage 2‐81,displaysadditionalinformationabout
boot
imagefiles.“A c t i v e ” indicatestheimagethatiscurrentlyrunning,and“Boot”meansindicatesthe
imagethatiscurrentlyscheduledtobootnext.Thesetbootsystemcommand(“setbootsystem”
onpage 2‐75)willmovethebootdesignationfromthecurrentrunningimage,butwillallowthe
active
imagetostaywhereitisuntilafterthereset,whenthatimagehasactually beenbooted.
Example
Thisexampleshowshowtodisplaytheswitch’sbootfirmwareimage:
Matrix(rw)->show boot system
Current system image to boot: bootfile
set boot system
Usethiscommandtosetthefirmwareimagetheswitchloadsatstartup.
Syntax
set boot system filename
Parameters
Defaults
None.
Mode
Switchcommand,Read‐Write.
Usage
Thisistheimagethatwillbeloadedautomaticallyafterthesystemhasbeenreset.Althoughitis
notnecessarytochoosetoresetthesystemandactivatethenewbootimageimmediately,theCLI
willpromptyouwhetherornotyouwanttodoso.Youcanchoose“Yes”at
thequestionprompt
tohavethesystemresetandloadthenewbootimageimmediately,orchoose“No”toloadthe
newbootimageatalaterscheduledtimebyissuingoneofthefollowingcommands:clearconfig,
reset,orconfigure.Thenewbootsettingwillberememberedthrough
resetsandpowerdowns,
andwillnottakeeffectuntiltheclearconfig,reset,orconfigurecommandisgiven.
Example
Thisexampleshowshowtosetthebootfirmwareimagefileto“newimage”andresetthesystem
withthenewimageloadedimmediately:
Matrix(rw)->set boot system newimage
This command can optionally reset the system to boot the new image.
Do you want to reset now (y/n) [n]?y
Resetting system ...
filename Specifiesthenameofthefirmwareimagefile.