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80 Brocade NetIron CES 2000 and NetIron CER 2000 Hardware Installation Guide
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Virtual interface module
The NetIron CES and NetIron CER 2000 Series devices feature a virtual interface module. These
commands open an rconsole session with the virtual interface module in virtual slot 1, enter the
Privileged EXEC level of the interface module's CLI, and make a backup copy of the monitor file.
Entering the two exit commands returns you to the Privileged EXEC level of the NetIron CES and
NetIron CER 2000 Series device’s CLI.
NetIron#rconsole 1
Remote connection to LP slot 1 established
Press CTRL-X or type 'exit' to disconnect it
LP-1>en
No password has been assigned yet...
LP-1#
#
Syntax: rconsole <slot-number>
The <slot-number> parameter specifies the chassis slot number of the virtual interface module to
which you want to open an rconsole session. For the NetIron CES and NetIron CER 2000 Series
device, this should always be 1.
Syntax: enable
Syntax: exit
Syntax: Ctrl-X"
Upgrading the device’s monitor and boot images
If you are upgrading, you should only upgrade the monitor and boot images as described in the
relevant release notes.
Perform the following steps to upgrade a device’s monitor and boot images.
1. Place the new monitor and boot images on a TFTP server to which the device has access.
2. Copy the new monitor and boot images to the device. Enter one of the following commands at
the Privileged EXEC level of the device’s CLI (example: NetIron
#).
For information about the image name to specify, refer to Table 13.
3. Verify that the new monitor and boot images have been successfully copied to flash or slot 1 or
2 by entering one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI:
• show flash
• dir /<path-name>/
TABLE 16 Command syntax for upgrading monitor and boot images
on the NetIron CES and NetIron CER 2000 Series device
Command syntax Description
copy tftp flash <ip-addr> <image-name> monitor Copies the latest monitor image from the TFTP server to
flash.
copy tftp flash <ip-addr> <image-name> boot Copies the latest boot image from the TFTP server to
flash.