- Hewlett-Packard IP Console Switch User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP IP Console Switch User Guide
- Notice
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Chapter 1: Overview
- Chapter 2: Installing the IP Console Switch
- Chapter 3: Expansion Module
- Chapter 4: Interface Adapters
- Chapter 5: Cascade Console Switches
- Chapter 6: Local Port Operation
- Viewing and Selecting Ports and Servers
- Soft Switching
- Using Basic OSD Navigation
- Configuring the OSD Setup Menu
- Assigning Server Names
- Assigning Device Types
- Changing the Display Behavior
- Controlling the Status Flag
- Broadcasting to Servers
- Setting up a Scan Pattern
- Setting Local Console Switch Security
- Managing Server Tasks Using the OSD
- Viewing and Disconnecting User Connections
- Running System Diagnostics
- Resetting the PS/2 Mouse
- Displaying Version Information
- Chapter 7: Upgrading Firmware using TFTP
- Chapter 8: Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Regulatory Compliance Notices
- Appendix B: Electrostatic Discharge
- Appendix C: Power Cord Set Requirements
- Index
Upgrading Firmware using TFTP
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6. Get the IP address of the TFTP server by extracting it from the operating system
tools (might be operating system-dependent):
a. Right-click Network Neighborhood.
b. Select Properties.
c. Select the Protocols tab.
d. Select TCP/IP protocol.
e. Select Properties.
f. Note the IP address.
7. Assign the IP address in the IP Console Switch, if needed:
a. In the IPViewer HyperTerminal dialog box, enter 1 to select
Network Configuration.
b. Note the IP Console Switches IP address. The first three numbers must be the
same as in the servers IP address from step 6. The last number must be
different. If the IP Console Switches IP address is not correct, change it as
follows: Enter
3 to select IP address, and then enter the correct IP address,
and press the Enter key.
c. Enter 0 to exit the Network Configuration menu. If the user changed the IP
address, wait for the directions in the window.
d. Change the IP Console Switch IP address in the TFTP server software to
match, if there was a change.
8. From the IPViewer HyperTerminal dialog box, enter 2 to select Firmware
Management menu. The current version the firmware is displayed in the
Firmware Management menu.
9. From the Firmware Management menu, enter
1 to select FLASH Download.
10. Enter the IP address of the TFTP server.
11. Enter the path and name of the FLASH file, for example HP IP Console
Firmware version X.X.X, and press the Enter key.
NOTE: For Linux operating systems a path name is not required; however, the firmware
images should be saved in the TFTPBoot folder.