Blade ICE BLADEOS BMD00178 - Manual (Page 10)

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guide
10 BMD00178, April 2010
Using the Boot Management Menu
The Boot Management menu allows you to switch the software image, reset the switch to factory
defaults, or to recover from a failed software download.
You can interrupt the boot process and enter the Boot Management menu from the serial console
port. When the system displays Memory Test, press <Shift B>. The Boot Management menu
appears.
The Boot Management menu allows you to perform the following actions:
To change the booting image, press 1 and follow the screen prompts.
To change the configuration block, press 2, and follow the screen prompts.
To perform an Xmodem download, press 3 and follow the screen prompts.
To exit the Boot Management menu, press 4. The booting process continues.
Recovering from a Failed Upgrade
Use the following procedure to recover from a failed software upgrade.
1. Connect a PC to the serial port of the switch.
2. Open a terminal emulator program that supports XModem Download (for example, HyperTerminal,
CRT, PuTTY) and select the following serial port characteristics:
Speed: 9600 bps
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 1
Parity: None
Flow Control: None
Resetting the System ...
Memory Test ................................
Boot Management Menu
1 - Change booting image
2 - Change configuration block
3 - Xmodem download
4 - Exit
Please choose your menu option: 1
Current boot image is 1. Enter image to boot: 1 or 2: 2
Booting from image 2