3com 5000 Manual De Usuario

56 Chapter 5: Router Software Maintenance

Software
Maintenance under
v 3.11 Environment

This section describes how to maintain the Boot ROM image using V9.19
as an example.

The entire Boot ROM image file in this section includes two segments:
extended and basic. You can separately upgrade and back up the
extended segment.

Boot Menu

Start the router; when the message “Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu
..........” appears, press <Ctrl+B>. The console screen displays:

Please input bootrom password:

Enter the correct password (void by default) to have the system enter
Boot Menu:

Boot Menu:

1: Download application program with XMODEM

2: Download application program with NET

3: Set application file type

4: Display applications in Flash

5: Clear application super password

6: Reset console authentication

7: Start up and ignore configuration

8: Enter debugging environment

9: Boot Rom Operation Menu

a: Do not check the version of the software

b: Exit and reboot

Enter your choice(1-b):

These options are described in sequence as follows:

1 Download the application image with XMODEM. Refer to the subsection

“Upgrading Software through XMODEM” in this section.

2 Download the application image through Ethernet. Refer to the

subsection “Upgrading the application image through Ethernet”. If you
select this option, the following Net Port Download Menu appears: