User`s guide

Downloading a New Firmware Image
Matrix DFE Series and N-SA User’s Guide 2-9
•UsingFTPdownload.ThisprocedureusesanFTPserverconnectedtothenetworkand
downloadsthefirmwareusingtheFTPprotocol.Itisthe mostrobustdownloading
mechanism.
•UsingTFTPdownload.ThisprocedureusesaTFTPserverconnectedtothenetworkand
downloadsthefirmwareusingtheTFTP protocol.
•Usingthe
serial(console)port.Thisprocedureisanout‐of‐bandoperationthatcopiesthe
firmwarethroughtheserialporttothedevice.Ittakesapproximatelyfiveminutesand
requiresminimalconfiguration.Itshouldbeusedincaseswhenyoucannotconnectthe
devicetoperformthein‐banddownloadprocedureusing
FTPorTFTP. Serialconsole
downloadhasbeensuccessfullytestedwiththefollowingapplications:
–HyperTerminalCopyright1999
–TeraTermProVersion2.3
Anyotherterminalapplicationsmayworkbutarenotexplicitlysupported.Fordetails,referto
“DownloadingUsingtheSerialPort”onpage 2‐10.
Downloading from an FTP or TFTP Server
ToperformanFTPorTFTPdownload:
1. Ifyouhavenotalreadydoneso,setthedevice’sIPaddressasdetailedin“Settingand
VerifyingaSystemIPAddress”(page 2‐4).
2. (Optional)Viewoneorallimagefilesstoredinthesystem:
dir [filename]
3. Downloadanewimagefile:
copy source destination
Examples
Thisexampleshowshowtodownloadanimage usingTFTP:
Thisexampleshowshowtodownloadanimage usingAnonymousFTP:
Thisexampleshowshowtodownloadanimage usingFTPwithusercredentials:
Important Notice
Matrix DFE Series and N-SA devices allow you to download and store multiple image files. This feature is
useful for reverting back to a previous version in the event that a firmware upgrade fails to boot successfully.
After downloading firmware as described in this section, you can select which image file you want the device
to load at startup using the setboot command in the System Image Loader menu, or the set boot system
command as described on page 2-11.
Use the show version command to display your current firmware (fw) and BootProm (bp) settings.
Matrix(rw)->copy tftp://134.141.89.34/ets-mtxe7-msi images/newimage
Matrix(rw)->copy ftp://134.141.89.34/ets-mtxe7-msi images/newimage
Matrix(rw)->copy
tftp://user:passwd@134.141.89.34/ets-mtxe7-msi images/
newimage