H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches - Manual (Page 148)

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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Specify a boot file for the next boot
of the AMB or the SMB
boot-loader file file-url slot
slot-number { main | backup }
Required
Available in user view.
Distributed IRF member device
1) Save the boot file to the root directory of the storage medium of the AMB of the IRF virtual device
(the AMB of the master) by using FTP, TFTP, or other approaches.
2) Copy the new boot file to the root directory of the storage medium of the other main boards of the
IRF virtual device, including the SMB of the master, AMB of the slave, and SMB of the slave.
3) Specify the boot file to be used at the next boot of all the main boards of the IRF virtual device at
the CLI.
4) Reboot the device to make the new boot file take effect.
When multiple Boot ROM files are available on the storage media, you can specify a file to be used at
the next device boot by executing the following command. A main boot file boots a device and a
backup boot file boots a device only when a main boot file is unavailable.
Follow the step below to specify a boot file to be used at the next boot:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Specify a boot file to be used at the
next boot of a main board on a
member device
boot-loader file file-url chassis
chassis-number slot slot-number
{ main | backup }
Required
Available in user view.
z You must save the file to be used at the next device boot in the root directory of the device. You
can copy or move a file to change the path of it to the root directory.
z To execute the boot-loader command successfully, save the file to be used at the next device
boot in the root directory of the storage media on the AMB (distributed device)
z The names of the files for the next boot of the AMB and the SMB may be different, but the
versions of the files must be the same; otherwise, the device may not boot normally. (distributed
device)
z To execute the boot-loader command successfully, save the file to be used at the next device
boot in a main board's root directory of the storage medium on a specified member device.
(distributed IRF member device)