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ftp> put newest.bin
ftp> bye
Take the same steps to upgrade configuration file with FTP. When upgrading the configuration file with FTP,
put the new file under the root directory of the storage medium.
After you finish transferring the Boot ROM program through FTP, you must run bootrom update to upgrade
the Boot ROM.
3. Upgrade Device
# Specify newest.bin as the main boot file to be used at the next startup.
<Sysname> boot-loader file newest.bin main
# Reboot the device and the boot file is updated at the system reboot.
<Sysname> reboot
FTP server configuration example
Network requirements
• As shown in Figure 2, an IRF virtual device comprises a master and a subordinate FTP server. The
member ID of the master is 1 and that of the subordinate switch is 2.
• The IRF virtual device serves as an FTP server, and the PC serves as an FTP client. The IRF virtual device
and the PC are reachable to each other.
• The PC keeps the updated boot file of the IRF virtual device. Use FTP to upgrade the IRF virtual device
and back up the configuration file.
• Set the username to ftp and the password to pwd for the FTP client to log in to the FTP server.
Figure 2 Upgrading using the FTP server