Specifications

Accessing the Bootloader
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To access the Bootloader, you can depress any key until the applications load and run on the switch.
As soon as you see the
BOOTLOADER-> prompt, release the key. You can issue a series of commands
to:
— View the installed images
— Select the image to boot from
— Select the configuration to use
To see a list of available commands or additional information about a specific command, press h or
type
help.
The following describes some ways that you can use the bootloader.
• Viewing images—To display a list of installed images, use the show images command.
• Selecting an image—To change the image that the switch boots from in flash memory, use the boot
{image name}
command. If you specify image name, the specified image is booted. If you do not
specify an image name, the default image is booted.
• Selecting a configuration—To select a different configuration from the one currently running, use the
config {default | file <filename> | none} command. This command is useful if you
experience a problem with the current configuration and there is an alternate configuration available.
— file—Specifies a configuration file name
— default—Specifies the default configuration file
— none—Uses no configuration
To view the current configuration, use this command without any arguments.
To exit the Bootloader, use either the boot or boot [1-4] command. Specifying boot without any
arguments runs the currently selected XOS image. Specifying boot with arguments will either run a
newly selected XOS image or run diagnostics on the MSM. For more information about the
boot [1-4]
command and running diagnostics on the MSM see “Running Diagnostics on MSM Modules” on
page 92.