Using the snmp-based hp download manager, Switch-to-switch download – HP 212M User Manual

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File Transfers

Downloading an Operating System (OS)

File Transfers

Using the SNMP-Based HP Download Manager

Included with your switch is the HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches CD ROM.
The HP Download Manager is included with HP TopTools and enables you to
initiate a firmware (OS) download over the network to the switch. This
capability assumes that the switch is properly connected to the network and
has been discovered by HP TopTools. For further information, refer to the
documentation and online Help provided with HP TopTools.

Switch-to-Switch Download

If you have two or more Switch 212Ms and/or Switch 224Ms networked
together, you can download the OS software from one switch to another by
using the Download OS feature in the switch console interface. (The Switch
212M and the Switch 224M use the same OS.)

To complete the file transfer:

1.

From the switch console Main Menu in the switch to receive the down-
load, select

7. Download OS.

2.

Select

Method: TFTP.

3.

In the

TFTP Server field, enter the IP address of the remote Switch 212M

or 224M containing the OS you want to download.

4.

Enter “

os” in the Remote File Name field.

5.

Press

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

6.

A “progress” bar indicates the progress of the download. When the entire
operating system has been received, all activity on the switch halts and
the following messages appear:

Validating and writing system software to FLASH...

Transfer completed

After the system flash memory has been updated with the new operating
system, the switch reboots itself and begins running with the new operat-
ing system.

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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