Quidway AR 28 Series Routers  Installation Manual  Chapter 6  Router Maintenance
 
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Thus, empty configuration applies at reboot. The system removes the Ignore flag after 
its boot completes. 
In case you forget the password, you may select this option to have the router boot with 
the configuration file ignored. After accessing the system, you may change or delete 
the password. Note that if not saved, the modified configuration cannot survive a reboot. 
To have the router reboot with the new configuration, you must perform the save 
operation after completing configuration. 
8)  Enter debugging environment in case of faults. 
9)  Enter the Boot ROM operation menu. 
Select <9> to enter Boot ROM Download Menu as follows for upgrade, backup, or 
recovery: 
Boot ROM Download Menu: 
     1:  Download Boot ROM with XModem 
     2:  Download Extended Segment of Boot ROM with XModem 
     3:  Restore Extended Segment of Boot ROM from FLASH 
     4:  Backup Extended Segment of Boot ROM to FLASH 
     5:  Exit to Main Menu 
     Enter your choice(1-5): 
10)  a: Ignore software version check for backward compatibility. The likelihood exists 
that your upgrade attempt fails even when you select the correct software version. 
If the system prompts “invalid version” in this case, you can select <a> from Main 
Menu to have the system skip version check during upgrade. This, however, 
works only once; the system checks software version all the same at reboot.  
11)  Select <b> to exit and reboot the router.  
 
  Note:  
To enter Boot Menu, you must press <Ctrl+B> within three seconds after the 
information “Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu...” appears. Otherwise, the system starts 
decompressing images. To re-enter the menu after that, you must reboot the router.  
 
II. Upgrading Software through XMODEM 
When upgrading software through XMODEM, you can directly use the console port 
without building up another configuration environment. 
1)  Upgrading the application image 
Step 1: Enter Boot Menu (refer back to the subsection “
Boot Menu” in this section), 
press <1> to select the XMODEM protocol for downloading the application image. The 
following download speeds are available with the router: 
Please choose your download speed: