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CLI Reference Guide - Page 146
... than the firmware version on the member.
Enables rebooting the device (no administrative GC intervention) when the auto-image is successfully downloaded.
Enables/disables automatically saving the
GC
downloaded configuration on the switch.
Enables/disables Auto Config on the switch. GC
Set the number of attempts to download a
GC
configuration.
Displays Stack Firmware Synchronization
PE...
CLI Reference Guide - Page 214
... unit 0: Dev 0xb634, Rev 0x11, Chip BCM56634_B0, Driver BCM56634_B0 SOC unit 0 attached to PCI device BCM56634_B0 soc_reset_bcm56634_a0: TCAM PLL not locked. Adding BCM transport pointers Configuring CPUTRANS TX Configuring CPUTRANS RX Instantiating /download as rawFs, device = 0x20001 Formatting /download for DOSFS Instantiating /download as rawFs, device = 0x20001 Formatting...OK.
NOV 15 10:03...
CLI Reference Guide - Page 1405
...-imaging from attached devices.
Auto-Install is available on Dell PowerConnect devices as per the specification listed below.
Auto-Install features in this release include:
1 Support download of image from TFTP server using DHCP option 125. The image update can result in a downgrade or upgrade of the firmware on the switch or stack of switches.
2 Support for automatic download of a configuration...
CLI Reference Guide - Page 1411
... of configuration download attempts is three.
Command Mode Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines This command has no user guidelines
Example console# console#configure console(config)#boot host retrycount 5 console(config)#no boot host retrycount
show auto-copy-sw
Use the show auto-copy-sw command in Privileged EXEC mode to display Stack Firmware Synchronization configuration...
Release Notes - Page 3
... specific information for the Dell PowerConnect 8132/8164/8132F/8164F/7024/7048/7024P/7048P/7024F/7048R/7048R-RA/8024/8024F/M6220/M6348/M8024/M8024-k switches firmware version 5.1.0.1.
It is recommended that this release note be thoroughly reviewed prior to installing or upgrading of this product.
Global Support
For information regarding the latest available firmware, release note revisions, or...
Release Notes - Page 11
... found on the USB flash device, the single .text file is used • If multiple .text files are present, the powerconnect.text file is used.
Network based auto-install utilizes information obtained from a DHCP server. Refer to the documentation for a discussion of the DHCP options used by Auto-Install.
When auto-install downloads a firmware image to switch memory, it compares the...
Release Notes - Page 15
... mode). The software includes 6 built-in macros: • profile-global - the global configuration used to enable RSTP and loop guard. • profile-desktop - the interface configuration for increased network security and reliability when connecting a desktop device, such as a PC, to a switch port. • profile-phone - the interface configuration used when connecting a desktop device such as...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 17
... on a USB Flash Device (PowerConnect 8100-series switches only) . . . . 327 Uploading a Configuration File (SCP 327 Managing Configuration Scripts (SFTP 328
File and Image Management Configuration Examples 329
Upgrading the Firmware 329 Managing Configuration Scripts 332 Managing Files by Using the USB Flash Drive (PowerConnect 8100-series switches only) . 334
15 Automatically Updating the...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 57
... System Settings" on page 239.
Automatic Installation of Firmware and Configuration
The Auto Install feature allows the switch to upgrade or downgrade to a newer software image and update the configuration file automatically during device initialization with limited administrative configuration on the device. The switch can obtain the necessary information from a DHCP server on the network.
For...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 60
... stack without cycling the power. When you add a unit, the Stack Firmware Synchronization feature automatically synchronizes the firmware version with the version running on the stack master. The synchronization operation may result in either an upgrade or a downgrade of firmware on the mismatched stack member. In addition, the running-config on the member is updated to match the...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 149
... downgrade of firmware on the mismatched stack member.
Upgrading the firmware on a stack of switches is the same as upgrading the firmware on a single switch. After you download a new image by using the File Download page or copy command, the downloaded image is distributed to all the connected units of the stack. For more information about downloading and installing images, see...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 309
... on the file, which is one or more of the following: • Download the file to the switch from a remote system (or USB flash drive
on the PowerConnect 8100-series devices). • Upload the file from the switch to a remote system (or USB flash drive on
the PowerConnect 8100-series devices). • Copy the file from one location on the file system to another location.
Managing...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 310
... backup-config Configuration script
Log files
SSH key files
Action Download Upload Copy Download Upload Copy Download Upload Copy Download Upload Copy Download Upload
Upload
Download
Description Firmware for the switch. The switch can maintain two images: the active image and the backup image. Contains the software configuration that loads during the boot process.
Contains the current switch...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 314
firmware may be updated to the firmware version supported by the switch firmware during the boot process or, in the case of switches that support the hot swap of cards, when the card is inserted into the switch.
Editing and Downloading...modified or deleted while being applied.
• Validation of scripts checks for syntax errors only. It does not validate that the script will run.
• The file...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 324
... you use to upload, download, and copy files to and from the PowerConnect 8000/8100-series switch. For more information about these commands, see the PowerConnect 8024/8024F/8132/8132F/8164/8164F CLI Reference Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. It also describes the commands that control the Auto Configuration feature.
NOTE: Upload, download, and copy functions use the copy command. The basic...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 329
... contains the following examples: • Upgrading the Firmware • Managing Configuration Scripts
Upgrading the Firmware This example for a PC8132 shows how to download a firmware image to the switch and activate it. The TFTP server in this example is PumpKIN, an open source TFTP server running on a Windows system. • TFTP server IP address: 10.27.65.103 •...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 337
... Configuration • DHCP Auto Install If no configuration file is found and the Auto Configuration feature is enabled (which it is by default), the Auto Configuration process begins. If a USB device is connected to the PowerConnect switch USB port and contains the appropriate file, the switch uses the USB Auto Configuration feature to update the configuration or image...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 338
... is the MAC address of the base MAC address of the switch, although the feature will accept any of the switch MAC addresses (see "Switch Addresses" on page 100 for further information). Refer to the example below for an explanation of the file format.
2 Copy the file onto a USB device.
3 Insert the USB device into the front-panel USB port on the PowerConnect switch.
When...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 1280
... enhanced transmission
selection, 70, 831 EqualLogic and iSCSI, 399 error messages, CLI, 115 EtherType numbers,
common, 518 exec authorization...firmware
managing, 313 updating the stack, 149 upgrade example, 329 firmware synchronization,
stacking, 149 Flashing Green, 99-100 flow control
configuring, 690 default, 682, 810 understanding, 680 flow-based mirroring, 1128 forwarding database, 849 and port...
User's Configuration Guide - Page 1290
..., 149 firmware update, 149 MAC address table, 850 MAC addresses, 153 NSF usage scenario, 166 preconfiguration, 169 purpose, 154 removing a switch, 148 standby, 149 switch compatibility, 146
1290
Index
web-based configuration, 155
static reject route, 896
statistics IPv6, 1076
statistics, Etherlike, 366
storage arrays and iSCSI, 399
storage arrays, Compellent, 400
storm control configuring...