HP 2600 User Manual

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File Transfers

Downloading Switch Software

Progress Bar

Figure A-2. Example of the Download OS Screen During a Download

A “progress” bar indicates the progress of the download. When the entire
switch software file has been received, all activity on the switch halts and
you will see

Validating and writing system software to FLASH...

7. After the primary flash memory has been updated with the new switch

software, you must reboot the switch to implement the newly downloaded
code. From the Main Menu and press

[6]

(for

Reboot Switch). You will then

see this prompt:

Continue reboot of system? : No

Press the space bar once to change

No

to

Yes

, then press

[Enter]

to begin

the reboot.

N o t e

When you use the menu interface to download switch software, the new
image is always stored in primary flash. Also, using the

Reboot Switch

option in the Main Menu always reboots the switch from primary flash.
Rebooting the switch from the CLI gives you more options. Refer to
“Rebooting the Switch” on page 6-17.

8. After you reboot the switch, confirm that the switch software downloaded

correctly:

a. From the Main Menu, select

1. Status and Counters, and from the Status

and Counters menu, select

1. General System Information

b. Check the

Firmware revision line.

c. From the CLI, use the command

show version or show flash.

A-5

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