PowerConnect 7000 and 6000 Series Update and Commands: Difference between revisions
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*enable | *enable | ||
*show version (just to make sure the image got uploaded properly and to check which image it is currently booting from) | *show version (just to make sure the image got uploaded properly and to check which image it is currently booting from) | ||
*boot system image1 OR boot system image2 (depending on which image it is currently booted from, set it to the other one) | *boot system image1 OR boot system image2 (depending on which image it is currently booted from, set it to the other one), reload (the PowerConnect "reboot" command) | ||
*update bootcode | *update bootcode (This will upgrade "the other" "Boot Image", IE, the update command will up date the "NOT Current" Boot Image, IE, if you're booted using Image2, the update will update Image1) | ||
*Router will reboot and install new firmware | *...if prompted, select: 1 - Update boot code | ||
*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) | *show boot-version (just to make sure it finished the upgrade and booted to the expected image) | ||
*For a 7000 Series Switch: copy tftp://WhatEverIP/WhatEverFileName image (where ''image'' is the name of a file), 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) | *For a 7000 Series Switch: copy tftp://WhatEverIP/WhatEverFileName image (where ''image'' is the name of a file), 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) | ||
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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. | ||