Cabletron Systems 6500 User Manual

8-2 SmartSwitch 6500 User Guide

Upgrading and Changing Firmware

Upgrades and Firmware

8.1.2

Boot Load Commands

The following table describes the commands available from the boot load prompt, their use, and their associated
parameters.

Table 8-1

Boot load commands

Command

Action

Parameters

chpi

Change default boot load image:

Sets one of two images of the boot load
firmware as the default. Default boot load
image is executed at start-up.

chpi 0

= set boot load image 0 as default

chpi 1

= set boot load image 1 as default

clfs

Clear flash file system:

Clear flash file system of all switch
configuration information.

none

dcfg

Display boot load configuration:

Displays revision numbers of both boot load
images, the switch MAC address, and the file
space (in hexadecimal) available for
additional MAC addresses.

Shows whether POST is set to run at switch
start-up.

none

Download Firmware:

Downloads firmware images from a
TFTP/Bootp server.

Different components of the switch firmware
are downloaded, depending on the parameter
used with this command.

df B

= download boot load firmware

df S

= download switch operating firmware

df P

= download diagnostics (POST)

(none) = download switch operating

firmware

Run switch firmware:

Exit the boot load prompt, and run switch
operating firmware.

go V

= run switch firmware, do not run POST

go P

= run POST before running switch

firmware

(none) = run switch firmware, do not run

POST

Show help:

Displays help for a boot load command or
displays list of all boot load commands.

[<command>]

= display help for command

specified

= display list of all boot load commands

ponf

POST on or off:

Changes start-up action: either run POST
before running switch firmware or skip POST
and go directly to switch firmware.

ponf V

= run switch firmware after start-up

timeout

ponf P

= run POST before running switch

firmware