Specifications

Booting and Restarting Chapter 5: Voicemail Model Switches
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Step 6 After completing changes to the configuration, type Exit to close the CLI.
Step 7 Reboot the switch.
5.3.3 Reboot Methods
5.3.3.1 Flash Boot
The standard method for booting a ShoreGear voice switch is to boot from the switch’s
flash memory. When a ShoreGear switch is first powered on, it reads the boot parameters
stored on the boot ROM, which instructs the switch to load software from flash memory.
When the software starts, it loads its configuration, which is also stored in flash memory.
5.3.3.2 Default Button
The Default Button is the small “paperclip” button on the switches. Pressing this button
will invoke scripts that will overwrite the contents of the NAND flash with the contents
from the FTP Server. The contents of the Compact Flash are untouched.
Pressing this button and holding for 10 seconds will also reformat the Compact Flash.
5.3.3.3 FTP Boot
Booting from FTP is available for instances when you cannot boot the switch from flash
memory. When you boot a switch from FTP, the operating system and software load from
the FTP site identified in the boot parameters. The loaded configuration is a configuration
received from the TMS server.
Voicemail services on the switch are disabled after booting from FTP and are restarted only
by booting from Flash. After an FTP boot, the switch can perform telephony functions as
those available through other ShoreGear switches.
FTP boot on a V model switch is used for troubleshooting. FTP boot can also support
certain maintenance tasks and the backup and restore facilities. However, a V model switch
that has been booted by way of FTP cannot run voicemail: it can operate only as a voice
switch (controlling phones, trunks, and call routing).
5.3.3.4 Burnflash
Burnflash forces a reboot and install new software.
The burnflash command burns a ShoreTel image to the CF card. It unconditionally
replaces the resident image and then reboots the system, but it does not destroy any voice
mail. The purpose of burning the image to the CF is to enable the switch to boot from
NAND flash memory rather than to do an FTP boot from the server. (FTP boot supports
certain maintenance functions, such as an emergency boot if the flash becomes damaged.
FTP boot is not what a user should use to boot the switch because this action does not
support certain services. For example, an FTP boot does not mount the CF file system, so
voice mail would not be running after an FTP boot.)
If a user created a static configuration for IP addresses and other system parameters
through the STCLI (option 3), those parameters must be reconfigured after burnflash runs.