PowerConnect 7000 and 6000 Series Update and Commands: Difference between revisions
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===Upgrade Firmware=== | ===Upgrade Firmware=== | ||
*In Web Interface / GUI: System, File Management, Download, Firmware, TFTP, WhatEverIP, WhatEverFileName, BlankIfFileIsInRootDirectory | *In Web Interface / GUI: System, File Management, Download, Firmware, TFTP, WhatEverIP, WhatEverFileName, BlankIfFileIsInRootDirectory ('''NOTE: This will 'download' the new Boot Image to the "other" / "NOT current" Boot Image Partition)''' | ||
...the rest is from the command line | ...the rest is from the command line | ||
*enable | *For a 7000 Series Switch, at the command line instead of the GUI: copy tftp://WhatEverIP/WhatEverFileName image (where ''image'' is a COMMAND that needs to be typed), '''NOTE: This will 'download' the new Boot Image to the "other" / "NOT current" Boot Image Partition''', boot system image# (where image# is the image that isn't the current one and is also the one that will be updated), update bootcode (answer yes to question and switch will reboot, update firmware) | ||
*show version (just to make sure the image got uploaded properly and to check which image it is currently booting from) | *...6000 Series is below; | ||
*boot system image1 OR boot system image2 ( | **enable | ||
* | **show version (just to make sure the image got uploaded properly and to check which image it is currently booting from) | ||
*Router will reboot and install new firmware | **boot system image1 OR boot system image2 (set it to the "NOT currently booted" Boot Image) | ||
*show boot-version (just to make sure it finished the upgrade and booted to the expected image) | **update bootcode (the update command will update "the current" Boot Image", IE, the update command will up date the Boot Image shown by the ''show version'' command, IE, if you're booted using Image2, the update will update Image2) | ||
* | ***...and if that doesn't work: reload (the PowerConnect "reboot" command), select 2 in the boot menu, then select 7 to upgrade boot code (assuming the numbering hasn't changed in a firmware updated) | ||
**...if prompted, select: 1 - Update boot code (if it doesn't reboot: reload (the PowerConnect "reboot" command)) | |||
**Router will reboot and install new firmware (as of some unknown firmware version, it takes TWO "Yes" inputs in the form of an uppercase Y and then possibly a lowercase y) | |||
**show boot-version (just to make sure it finished the upgrade and booted to the expected image) | |||
**REPEAT the above steps (including downloading the firmware step) | |||
===Reset to Factory Defaults=== | ===Reset to Factory Defaults=== | ||
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*ip https server | *ip https server | ||
=== "Restart" / "Reset" === | ==="Restart" / "Reset"=== | ||
...nope: reload | ...nope: reload | ||
=== ENABLE via Telnet or SSH === | ===ENABLE via Telnet or SSH=== | ||
When accessing the switch via ethernet through Telnet or SSH, the enable command will not work unless a password is set. Oh, unlike the serial connection the switch requres a password when "enabling", and if one isn't set, the ''enable'' command generates an error: Authentication failed. | When accessing the switch via ethernet through Telnet or SSH, the enable command will not work unless a password is set. Oh, unlike the serial connection the switch requres a password when "enabling", and if one isn't set, the ''enable'' command generates an error: Authentication failed. | ||