3com S7906E Anleitung Für Quick Setup

 

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Software maintenance of a switch means to upgrade the switch host software and Boot ROM through 

the host software package, which contains the host software and the Boot ROM program, and is with 

the extension name of .app (S7900E.app for example). 

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Host software upgrade involves downloading the host software package onto the Flash of both the 

active and standby SRPUs, and setting the main and backup boot files. 

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Boot ROM upgrade involves upgrading the Boot ROM of the SRPUs and LPUs through the Boot 

ROM program in the host software package. 

There are two ways to upgrade host software and Boot ROM programs: 

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Upgrade through boot menu. 

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Upgrade through command lines. 

However, you can upgrade the Boot ROM program of LPUs through command lines only. 

 

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To ensure the software version consistency between the active and standby SRPUs, upgrade the 

software in the same way, that is, upgrade the software on both the active and standby SRPUs 

either through command lines or through the boot menu. 

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Since upgrading through command lines affects the services of the S7900E series less significantly 

than upgrading through the boot menu, the former is recommended. 

 

You can download the host software package onto the Flash of a switch in one of the following ways:  

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Download through a management/upgrade Ethernet port using TFTP 

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Download through a management/upgrade Ethernet port using FTP 

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Download through the console port using XMODEM 

After downloading the host software package onto the Flash, specify the main/backup boot file to 

complete the host software upgrade. If you need to upgrade the Boot ROM of the SRPUs through the 

boot menu, refer to section “

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Upon power-on, the switch will run the Boot ROM program first. The following information will be 

displayed on the terminal:  

Starting......