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C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Use and Troubleshooting
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Recovering from Start-up Failure
Network boot process The network boot process is as follows:
1. The switch sends a BOOTP request over the network.
The boot request contains the switch’s MAC address. The boot
server contains a bootptab file with an entry for the switch which
is defined by the MAC address.
2. If a boot server which holds the software for the switch receives
the boot request, it loads the boot software over the network to
the destination MAC address.
Using Maintenance Mode
Purpose Maintenance Mode offers three facilities:
• It allows you to force the switch to load a specified software file
from any specified TFTP server.
• It provides an emergency facility to force boot the switch from a
specified boot server if the switch cannot boot from Flash Mem-
ory. From Maintenance Mode the switch is forced to issue a
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Boot Request
Boot
Server (TFTP)
Switch
Power
Intel Express
®
520TSwitch
Status
Temperature
RPS
123 876549101112
Reset
Console
9600-8-N-1
SlotBSlotA
Blink Activity Collision
Solid Link Disable
LEDs Green Orange
PortStatus
Solid 100 Mbps Fullduplex
Off 10 Mbps Half duplex
LEDs Green Orange
Software download
Boot
Server (TFTP)
Switch
Power
Intel Express
®
520TSwitch
Status
Temperature
RPS
123 87654 9 10 11 12
Reset
Console
9600-8-N-1
SlotBSlotA
Blink Activity Collision
Solid Link Disable
LEDs Green Orange
PortStatus
Solid 100Mbps Fullduplex
Off 10Mbps Half duplex
LEDs Green Orange
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