User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- The Command Line Interface
- First-Time Configuration
- Using the Setup Utility
- Setting Passwords
- Menu Basics
- The Information Menu
- Information Menu
- System Information
- Layer 2 Information
- Layer 3 Information
- IP Routing Information
- ARP Information
- BGP Information
- BGP Peer information
- BGP Summary information
- OSPF Information
- Routing Information Protocol Information
- IP Information
- IGMP Multicast Group Information
- IGMP Group Information
- IGMP Multicast Router Port Information
- IGMP Mrouter Information
- VRRP Information
- Quality of Service Information
- 802.1p Information
- Access Control List Information
- Link Status Information
- Port Information
- Logical Port to GEA Port Mapping
- Fiber Port SFP Status
- Information Dump
- The Statistics Menu
- The Configuration Menu
- Configuration Menu
- Viewing, Applying, and Saving Changes
- System Configuration
- Port Configuration
- Layer 2 Configuration
- 802.1x Configuration
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol/ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
- Common Internal Spanning Tree Configuration
- Spanning Tree Configuration
- GVRP Configuration
- GVRP Port Configuration
- Trunk Configuration
- IP Trunk Hash Configuration
- LACP Configuration
- Layer 2 Failover Configuration
- VLAN Configuration
- Protocol-based VLAN Configuration
- Private VLAN Configuration
- Layer 3 Configuration
- IP Interface Configuration
- Default Gateway Configuration
- IP Static Route Configuration
- IP Multicast Route Configuration
- ARP Configuration
- IP Forwarding Configuration
- Network Filter Configuration
- Routing Map Configuration
- Routing Information Protocol Configuration
- Open Shortest Path First Configuration
- Border Gateway Protocol Configuration
- IGMP Configuration
- Domain Name System Configuration
- Bootstrap Protocol Relay Configuration
- VRRP Configuration
- Quality of Service Configuration
- Access Control List Configuration
- Port Mirroring Configuration
- Setup
- Dump
- Saving the Active Switch Configuration
- Restoring the Active Switch Configuration
- The Operations Menu
- The Boot Options Menu
- The Maintenance Menu
- Alteon OS Syslog Messages
- Alteon OS SNMP Agent
- Glossary
- Index
Alteon OS Command Reference
The Boot Options Menu
33343W7774, May 2007
Using the CLI
To load a new software image to your switch, you need the following:
The image or boot software loaded on a FTP/TFTP server on your network
The hostname or IP address of the FTP/TFTP server
The name of the new software image or boot file
NOTE – The DNS parameters must be configured if specifying hostnames. See “Domain Name
System Configuration” on page 292.
When the above requirements are met, use the following procedure to download the new soft-
ware to your switch.
1. At the Boot Options# prompt, enter:
2. Enter the name of the switch software to be replaced:
3. Enter the hostname or IP address of the FTP or TFTP server.
4. Enter the name of the new software file on the server.
The exact form of the name will vary by server. However, the file location is normally relative
to the FTP or TFTP directory (usually /tftpboot).
5. Enter your username for the server, if applicable.
Boot Options# gtimg
Enter name of switch software image to be replaced
["image1"/"image2"/"boot"]:
<image>
Enter hostname or IP address of FTP/TFTP server: <name or IP address>
Enter name of file on FTP/TFTP server: <filename>
Enter username for FTP server or hit return for TFTP server:
<username> or <Enter>