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4.

Hold down the Shift key and press the D key repeatedly during the Memory Test, until this message
appears:

NOTE: To perform serial downloads at 57600 baud rate, press the Shift-F keys. To perform serial

downloads at 115200 baud rate, press the Shift-D keys.

5.

After the message in Step 4 appears, reconfigure the terminal emulation console using these
parameters.

Parameter Value

Baud rate

115200

Data bits

8

Parity None

Stop bits

1

Flow control

None

6.

Press the Enter key several times on the PC that is connected to the console port of the switch. When
the console port is successfully communicating with the PC, indicating readiness for image transfer,
continuous C's appear:

7.

Be sure that the new switch boot code firmware file is available on the computer. This file can be
downloaded from the CD that is shipped with the switch or from the HP website
(

http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation

).

8.

Select from the menu and choose these options in the Send File window:

The Send File window displays progress of the file transfer. The file transfer might take up to seven
minutes.

NOTE: Although slower, XModem also works if 1K MODEM is not used.

9.

After completing the transfer, a message displays how many bytes transferred, followed by another
message displaying the status of image extraction. Do not power cycle the switch during this
process. After extracting the image, it is updated to flash and a message with a progress indicator
displays as shown.