Users Guide

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 Networking OS image other than the one currently running:
• To specify an Dell Networking OS image on the internal flash, enter
flash:// file-path/filename.
• To specify an Dell Networking OS image on an FTP server, enter
ftp://user:password@hostip/filepath.
• To specify an Dell 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 Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
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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