3Com 1100 - Manual (Page 231)

B
M
ANAGEMENT
S
OFTWARE
U
PGRADE
U
TILITY
The CD-ROM supplied with your Switch includes a management software
upgrade utility that can be used to upgrade the management software of
the Switch. The utility should only be used if a previous upgrade has
failed, and you are unable to communicate with the Switch using the
web interface or command line interface. You can find the utility in the
\agent\update\ directory on the CD-ROM.
If you have any problems using the management software upgrade utility,
see
“Solving Management Software Upgrade Utility Problems” on
page 220 .
Using the
Upgrade Utility The upgrade utility works from an MS-DOS prompt, and it upgrades one
Switch at a time.
Upgrading a Switch may take up to 30 minutes.
To upgrade the management software of a Switch:
1 Connect the serial (COM) port of your PC to the console port of the
Switch using a null modem cable.
2 Insert the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
3 If you are using Windows ® 3.1, close it down so that you are at the
MS-DOS prompt. If you are using Windows ® 95/98, open an MS-DOS
window.
4 At the MS-DOS prompt:
a Create a directory called upgrade in the root directory of your PC’s
hard drive.
b Copy the contents of the \agent\update\ directory on the
CD-ROM to the upgrade directory on the hard drive.