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SmartSwitch 6500 User Guide 8-5
Upgrades and Firmware Upgrading and Changing Firmware
Changing the Default Boot Load Image
Continuing with the example above, perform the following steps to set boot load image 0 back to being the default.
1. Reboot the SmartSwitch 6500.
2. When the following message appears
“Preparing to run Default Primary Image: 1
Enter 0 or 1 to override and force one of these primary image sectors to run:”
press the zero (0) key. The SmartSwitch 6500 loads boot load image 0.
3. Use the chpi command to make boot load image 0 the default.
=>chpi 0
Old Default Primary Image Number: 1
Erasing Sector in Primary Flash sector4
Programming control/stat info into Primary Flash sector4
New Default Primary Image Number: 0
=>
4. Reboot the SmartSwitch 6500. Boot load image 0 is now used as the default image.
Preparing to run Default Primary Image: 0
Enter 0 or 1 to override and force one of these primary image sectors to run:
8.1.4 Upgrading POST Diagnostic firmware
1. Set up the TFTP/Bootp server software on a workstation.
2. Connect both the TFTP/Bootp server and the SmartSwitch 6500 to your Ethernet network. Make
sure that the TFTP/Bootp server can be reached by the SmartSwitch 6500 Ethernet interface.
3. Connect a dumb terminal (or workstation running terminal emulation software) to the SmartSwitch
6500 Terminal port.
4. Copy the SmartSwitch 6500 diagnostic firmware image into the appropriate location on the
TFTP/Bootp server. (In this example, the firmware is located at c:\tftpboot\images\post.ima.)
5. Set up the TFTP/Bootp server tables (or equivalent file) with:
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SmartSwitch 6500 MAC address
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IP address of the SmartSwitch 6500 Ethernet interface
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path to the POST file on the TFTP/Bootp server
6. From the terminal connection, enter the reboot command.
7. When the following message appears,
“Press any key to exit to boot load prompt.”
stop the countdown by pressing any key. The boot load prompt (=>) appears on the terminal screen.
8. Enter the df P command. The SmartSwitch 6500 contacts the TFTP/Bootp server and downloads
the diagnostic firmware into flash RAM.
=>df p
You've requested a POST Software download
Are you sure?(Y/N)y
Initializing ethernet...
Starting Bootp...
Boot file: c:\tftpboot\images\post.ima
Using TFTP to get bootfile "c:\tftpboot\images\post.ima" .
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