H3C MSR 50-40 Installation Manual

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56Parameter DescriptionFTP User Name This option is not available for TFTP.FTP User Password This option is not available for TFTP.NOTE:• Upon upgrade failure, the system prompts “Loading failed”. In this case, please reboot the router tovalidate the reset IP address.• Only FE0 can be used for upgrading an application program through an Ethernet interface on the MSR20 routers and GE0 can be used on the MSR 30 and MSR 50 routers.Upgrading ProcedureTrivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), a protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite, is used to transfer trivial filesbetween clients and the server. It provides not-so-complex and low-cost file transfer services. TFTPprovides unreliable data transfer services over UDP and does not provide any access authorization andauthentication mechanism. It employs timeout and retransmission to guarantee the successful delivery ofdata. The TFTP software is much smaller than the FTP software in size:File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is an application-layer protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite. It mainly transfersfiles among remote hosts. Over TCP, FTP provides reliable and connection-oriented data transfer servicebut does not provide access authorization and authentication mechanism.Step1 Set up an upgrade environment.Figure 41 Set up a TFTP/FTP upgrade environmentConnect GigabitEthernet 0/0 to a PC with a crossover cable. Start the TFTP/FTP program on the PC, andset the path of TFTP/FTP server to directory of the application program. You need to set username andpassword if FTP server is used.CAUTION:No TFTP/FTP Server is shipped with the MSR 50 routers.