Menu: xmodem download to primary flash – IronPort Systems 4108GL User Manual

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File Transfers

Downloading an Operating System (OS)

File

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The terminal emulator you are using includes the Xmodem binary transfer
feature. (For example, in the HyperTerminal application included with
Windows NT, you would use the

Send File option in the Transfer dropdown

menu.)

Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash

Note that the menu interface accesses only the primary flash.

1.

From the console Main Menu, select

7. Download OS

2.

Press

[E] (for Edit).

3.

Use the Space bar to select

XMODEM in the Method field.

4.

Press

[Enter], then [X] (for eXecute) to begin the OS download. The following

message then appears:

Press enter and then initiate Xmodem transfer
from the attached computer.....

5.

Press

[Enter] and then execute the terminal emulator command(s) to begin

Xmodem binary transfer. For example, using HyperTerminal:

a.

Click on

Transfer, then Send File.

b.

Type the file path and name in the Filename field.

c.

In the Protocol field, select

Xmodem.

d.

Click on the

[Send] button.

The download will then commence. It can take several minutes, depend-
ing on the baud rate set in the switch and in your terminal emulator.

6.

After the primary flash memory has been updated with the new operating
system, you must reboot the switch to implement the newly downloaded
OS. Return to 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.

7.

To confirm that the operating system downloaded correctly:

a.

From the Main Menu, select

1. Status and Counters

1. General System Information

b.

Check the

Firmware revision line.

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