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Parameters
boot Enter the keyword boot to change the boot image.
system Enter the keyword system to change the system image.
ftp: After entering the keyword ftp:, you can either follow it with the location of
the source file in this form: //userid:password@hostip/filepath or press
Enter to launch a prompt sequence.
scp: After entering the keyword scp:, you can either follow it with the location of
the source file in this form: //userid:password@hostip/filepath or press
Enter to launch a prompt sequence.
slot0: After entering the keyword slot0:, you can either follow it with the location of the
source file in this form: //hostlocation/filepath or press Enter to launch a
prompt sequence.
tftp: After entering the keyword tftp:, you can either follow it with the location of the
source file in this form: //hostlocation/filepath or press Enter to launch a
prompt sequence.
flash: After entering the keyword flash:, you can either follow it with the location of
the source file in this form: flash//filepath or press Enter to launch a prompt
sequence.
A: | B: Enter the partition to upgrade from the flash.
stack-unit: Enter the keywords stack-unit: to synch the image to the stack-unit.
file-url Enter the following location keywords and information to upgrade using an Dell EMC
Networking OS image other than the one currently running:
● To specify an Dell EMC Networking OS image on the internal flash, enter
flash:// file-path/filename.
● To specify an Dell EMC Networking OS image on an FTP server, enter ftp://
user:password@hostip/filepath.
● To specify an Dell EMC Networking OS image on the external flash, enter
slot0://file-path/filename.
● To copy a file on a TFTP server, enter tftp://hostip/filepath/
filename.
where hostip is either an IPv4 dotted decimal address or an IPv6 URI [x:x:x:x::x]
format address.
Defaults none
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.0(0.0) Added support for IPv6 for the file-url parameter.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000. Added support for the SSD on the Z9000 only.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.7.1.0 Added support for TFTP and SCP.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Usage
Information
RFC 3986 specifies that IPv6 host addresses in a uniform resource identifier (URI) must be enclosed in
square brackets, [X:X:X:X::X]. For maximum flexibility this command accepts IPv6 host addresses with or
without the square brackets.
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