3com 4500G Quick Setup Guide

C

HAPTER

 5: U

PGRADING

 S

OFTWARE

This section describes how to upgrade your switch from the Bootrom 
Interface.

When the switch is running the initial boot phase using the console, the 
following prompt is displayed with a five second countdown timer:

Press CTRL-B to enter Boot Menu... 4

followed by a password prompt:

password:

1 Select Enter (the default is no password) to display the following boot 

menu:

BOOT MENU

1. Download application file to flash

2. Select application file to boot

3. Display all files in flash

4. Delete file from flash

5. Modify bootrom password

6. Enter bootrom upgrade menu

7. Skip current configuration file

8. Set bootrom password recovery

9. Set switch startup mode

 

0. Reboot

Enter your choice(0-9):

2 Enter the appropriate menu number to select a specific option.

Before upgrading the software to your switch from the Bootrom Interface, 
it is important to check the contents of the flash to ensure that there is 
enough space to download the new files.