User`s guide

7-22 Provisioning the Ethernet-VBN switches and ports
Software Release 2.30 YesWare Applications User’s Guide 08-01016-01
Procedure 7-5
Upgrading Ethernet-VBN switch firmware using TFTP
and HTTP Proxy
YesWare allows system administrators to upgrade Ethernet-VBN switch
firmware using the switches’ web-based graphical user interface (GUI). This
procedure describes how to do this using the InterProxy module’s TFTP and
HTTP Proxy capabilities.
Requirements
This procedure requires the following:
• Ethernet-VBN switches installed and provisioned as described in this
document
• switch firmware load being used to upgrade the switches
• PC with web browser and network access to the YWS
• administrator- or manager-level password for the YWS
• basic knowledge of trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) and web-proxy
concepts
Action
Step Action
1 Browse to the IP address of the YWS and login using either an admin
or the
manager
user-name and password. Select InterProxy from the YesWare
main menu.
2 Click the TFTP Daemon Manager
function and start the TFTPd by clicking the
"START" button. See Figure 7-13.
Figure 7-13
TFTP Daemon Manager
3 Using a TFTP client and the default TFTP port, transfer the switch firmware
upgrade load to the YWS. After the firmware has been transferred to the
YWS, return to the TFTP Daemon Manager
and stop the TFTPd.
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