H3C Technologies H3C WX3000E Series Wireless Switches - Manual (Page 112)

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Maintaining devices
Upgrading software
IMPORTANT:
During a software upgrade, avoid performing any operation on the Web interface. Otherwise, the
upgrade operation might be interrupted.
A boot file, also known as the system software or device software, is an application file used to boot the
device. Software upgrade allows you to obtain a target application file from the local host and set the file
as the boot file to be used at the next reboot. You can keep the original filename after you obtain the
target application file from the local host. In addition, you can select whether to reboot the device to
make the upgrade software take effect.
To upgrade software:
1. Select Device > Device Maintenance from the navigation tree.
The software upgrade configuration page appears.
Figure 51 Software upgrade configuration page
2. Configure the software upgrade parameters as described in Table 37 .
3. Click Apply.
Table 37 Configuration items
Item Description
File
Specify the path of the local application file, which must be
with the extension .app or .bin.
File Type
Specify the type of the boot file for the next boot:
• Main—Boots the device.
• Backup—Boots the device when the main boot file is
unavailable.