American Fibertek SM8P-SFP - Manual (Page 228)

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3-23. Maintenance
This chapter will introduce the reset and firmware upgrade function for the
firmware upgrade and key parameters change system maintenance requirements.
3-23-1 .Warm Restart
Function name:
Warm Restart
Function description:
We offer you many ways to reset the switch, including power up, hardware
reset and software reset. You can press the RESET button in the front panel
to reset the switch. After upgrading software, changing IP configuration or
changing VLAN mode configuration, then you must reboot to have the new
configuration taken effect. Here we are discussing is software reset for the
“reboot” in the main menu.
Fig. 3-175
3-23-2 . Firmware upgrade
Function name:
Firmware Upgrade
Function description:
Click on <Browse> to select a specific SM8P-SFP firmware file from the
Web management PC, then click on <Upload> to confirm the upgrade
firmware action. The new firmware will be uploaded into the switch and write
into flash memory. You have to reboot the switch for new firmware take effect
after the firmware upgrade successfully.
Fig. 3-176