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description, or delete an image. This feature reduces switch down time when you are
upgrading or downgrading the software image.
Change the software image that loads when the switch starts or reboots
To change the image that loads during the boot process:
1. Launch a web browser.
2.
In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login page displays.
3. Click the Main UI Login button.
The main UI login page displays in a new tab.
4. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password, and click the Login
button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must
specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.
The System Information page displays.
5.
Select Maintenance > File Management > Dual Image Configuration.
The Dual Image Configuration page displays.
6.
Select the check box for the image that is not the active image (that is, the image for
which the Active Image fields shows False) but that you want the switch to run after
it reboots.
7. From the Next Active Image menu, select True.
8.
As an option, specify a name for the selected image by entering one in the Image
Description field.
9. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
10.
To save the settings to the running configuration, click the Save icon.
11.
After activating the image, reboot the switch (see Reboot the switch from the main
local browser UI on page 737).
If you do not reboot the switch, it continues running the image shown in the
Current-active field until the next time that the switch reboots.
The following table describes the nonconfigurable information on the page.
Main User Manual753Maintenance and
Troubleshooting
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