3com family 4500 User Manual

To upgrade the bootrom firmware from the Boot menu via TFTP, do the 
following:

1 From the Boot menu, select option 6 to display the bootrom upgrade 

menu as shown:

Bootrom update menu:
1. Set TFTP protocol parameter
2. Set FTP protocol parameter
3. Set XMODEM protocol parameter
0. Return to boot menu
Enter your choice (0-3): 

2 Select option 1 to display the following:

Load File name:
Switch IP address:
Server IP address:

3 Enter the file name, Switch IP address and Server IP address to display the 

following:

Are you sure to update your bootrom? Yes or No(Y/N) 

4 Enter

 y and the following information is displayed to indicate the file is 

downloading:

Attached TCP/IP interface to netdrv0
Attaching network interface Io0...done
Loading.................................
...............done
Bootrom updating............done!

To upgrade the bootrom firmware from the Boot menu via FTP do the 
following:

1 From the Boot menu, select option 6 to display the bootrom upgrade 

menu as shown:

Bootrom update menu:
1. Set TFTP protocol parameter
2. Set FTP protocol parameter
3. Set XMODEM protocol parameter
0. Return to boot menu
Enter your choice (0-3): 

2 Select option 2 to display the following: