H3C S7503 S7506 AND S7506R SWITCH Installation Manual

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Installation ManualH3C S7502 Ethernet Switch Chapter 7 Software Maintenance7-16Note:z If you specify only the primary file, and set no backup file, the system boots with theprimary file. If the primary file has any error, the system randomly chooses anapplication file for booting.z If you specify only the backup file, and set no primary file, the system boots with thebackup file.z If you specify neither the primary file nor the backup file, the system randomlychooses an application file for booting.7.5 Loading a Host Software Containing the Boot ROM FileThe S7502 supports multiple types of cards and these cards use different versions ofBoot ROM. Thus, you are required to use the correct Boot ROM file when upgrading theBoot ROM of a card. The upgrading fails if the Boot ROM file does not match the card.To avoid the inconvenience caused by different Boot ROM files in upgrading, BootROM files are combined into a host software file. That is, you can use this combined filefor on-line upgrade of all cards.A Boot ROM file is named as “*.btm”, while a host software file containing the BootROM file is named as “*.app”.7.5.1 Example of Upgrading Using Combined Host Software FileI. Preset conditionsz The SRPU in slot 0 of the S7502 is LS81P12TE.z The LPU in slot 1 is LS81FT48A.z The host software containing the Boot ROM file is S7502.app.z Both online upgrading through command line and upgrading through Boot Menuuse FTP mode.Step 1: Download the host software that supports the combined Boot ROM file to theswitch through FTP. ftp 10.10.110.1[ftp] get S7502.app[ftp] byeStep 2: Specify S7502.app as the application software used by the switch for the nextboot. boot boot-loader primary S7502.appStep 3: Reboot the switch to make the S7502.app effective. reboot