Operation Manual â System Maintenance and Debugging
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510  Chapter 1  BootROM and Host Software Loading
 
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II. Loading Process Using FTP Server 
As shown in Figure 1-9, the switch is used as the FTP server. You can telnet to the 
switch, and then execute the FTP commands to download the BootROM program 
s3900.btm from the switch. 
1) Loading BootROM 
Switch 
PC
Ethernet port 
10.1.1.1
Internet
FTP Client
FTP Server
192.168.0.39
Switch 
PC
Ethernet port 
10.1.1.1
Internet
FTP Client
FTP Server
192.168.0.39
 
Figure 1-9 Remote loading using FTP server 
Step 1: As shown in 
Figure 1-9, connect the switch through an Ethernet port to the PC 
(with IP address 10.1.1.1) 
Step 2: Configure the IP address of VLAN1 on the switch to 192.168.0.39, and subnet 
mask to 255.255.255.0. 
 
î  Note: 
You can configure the IP address for any VLAN on the switch for FTP transmission. 
However, before configuring the IP address for a VLAN interface, you have to make 
sure whether the IP addresses of this VLAN and PC are routable. 
 
<Quidway> system-view 
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z. 
[Quidway] interface Vlan-interface 1 
[Quidway-Vlan-interface1] ip address 192.168.0.39 255.255.255.0 
Step 3: Enable FTP service on the switch, configure the FTP user name to test and 
password to pass. 
[Quidway-Vlan-interface1] quit 
[Quidway] ftp server enable 
[Quidway] local-user test 
New local user added.