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2-60 Startup and General Configuration
Reviewing and Selecting a Boot Firmware Image
Downloading a New Firmware Image
YoucanupgradetheoperationalfirmwareintheMatrixSeriesdevicewithoutphysicallyopening
thedeviceorbeinginthesamelocation.Therearethreewaystodownloadfirmwaretothedevice:
•Via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.FordetailsonhowtoperformanFTPdownloadusingthecopycommand,refer
to“copy”onpage 2‐74.
•ViaTFTPdownload.ThisprocedureusesaTFTPserverconnectedtothenetworkand
downloadsthefirmwareusingtheTFTPprotocol.For
detailsonhowtoperformaTFTP
downloadusingthecopycommand,referto“copy”onpage 2 ‐74.
•Via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copydownloadprocedurevia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viatheSerialPort”onpage 2‐60.
Downloading from an FTP or TFTP Server
ToperformanFTPorTFTPdownload,proceedasfol low s:
1. Ifyouhavenotalreadydoneso,setthedevice’sIPaddressusingthesetipaddresscommand
asdetailedin“setipaddress”onpage 2‐32.
2. Downloadanewimagefileusingthecopycommandasdetailedin“copy
”onpage 2‐74.
Youcannowsetthedevicetoloadthenewimagefileatstartupusingthesetbootsystem
commandasdescribedin“setbootsystem”onpage 2‐63.
Downloading via the Serial Port
Todownloaddevicefirmwareviatheserial(console)port,proceedasfollows:
1. Withtheconsoleportconnected,powerupthedevice.Thefollowingmessagedisplays:
Boot ROM Initialization, Version 01.00.01
Copyright (c) 2004 Enterasys Networks, Inc.
SDRAM size: 128 MB
Important Notice
The Matrix Series device allows 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 above, you can select which image file you want the device to load at
startup using the setboot command in the System Image Loader menu (“Downloading via the Serial Port” on
page 2-60) or the set boot system command (“set boot system” on page 2-63).