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Comware image redundancy and loading procedure
You can specify two sets of Comware software images: one main and one backup.
The system always attempts to start up with the main images. If any main image does not exist or is
invalid, the system tries the backup images. Figure 36 sho
ws the entire Comware image loading
procedure.
In this procedure, both the main and backup image sets have feature. If an image set does not have
feature images, the system starts up with the main boot and system images after they pass verification.
If both the main and backup boot images do not exist or are invalid, connect to the console port and
power cycle the device to load a boot image from the Boot menu. For more information about
downloading and loading a boot image, see the release notes for the software version.
Figure 36 Comware image loading procedure
System startup process
Upon power-on, the Boot ROM image runs to initialize hardware, and then the startup software images
run to start up the entire system, as shown in Figure 37.
Main boot image exists
and valid?
Start
Backup boot image
exists and valid?
No No
Start up from the Boot menu
Main system image
exists and valid?
Backup system image
exists and valid?
No No
Yes Yes
All main feature images
exist and valid?
All backup feature
images exist and valid?
No No
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Start up with main images
Start up with backup images