Hub/Switch Reference Guide
Boot Prompt Commands 607
Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Command Line Reference
Examples
To display the currently active boot profile, type the following command at the boot
prompt:
boot> show
BOOT Index: 0
BOOT TYPE: c
DEVICE: boot1:
FILENAME: default
FLAGS: 00000000
OPTIONS: run=nos;boot=0
The following is an example of a boot profile from a 2350 that is booted with a software image downloaded
from a TFTP server. In the example, when the 2350 boots, it downloads a system image file called bootfile
located on a TFTP server with address 172.16.0.1.
boot> show
BOOT Index: 0
BOOT TYPE: n
DEVICE: emac1
FILENAME: bootfile
HOST IP: 172.16.0.1
LOCAL IP: 172.16.0.21
GATEWAY IP: 172.16.0.20
IP MASK: 255.255.255.0
FLAGS: 00000000
OPTIONS: run=nos
Table 89 describes the fields in the display.
Table 1: Output for show
Field Description
BOOT Index Boot profile slot, which can be a number from 0 to 3.
BOOT TYPE Boot type:
• c—Compact flash. Boots using nonvolatile
storage or a flash card.
• n—Network. Boots using a TFTP server.










