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Downloading Software

The HP Download Manager

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The HP Download Manager

Use the HP Download Manager for all devices not supported by the Software

Update Utility.

Obtaining New Software from HP

There are three sources you can access for new software:

■ The latest HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches CD-ROM

■ The World Wide Web, at HP’s ProCurve web site. The URL is:

http://www.hp.com/go/procurve

■ Your HP Customer Care Center or other authorized HP representative

Before you begin downloading, make sure your new software is accessible to

your network. The most typical way is simply to place the HP TopTools for

Hubs & Switches CD-ROM into the CD drive of the network management

station on which HP TopTools is loaded. If you got the software files from the

World Wide Web or HP Customer Care Center, copy the files to the hard drive

of the computer running HP TopTools. Place all the files in this directory:

c:\Program files\Hptt\hpwnd\dld

Note This assumes you are using the directories automatically set up during the

HP TopTools installation. If you have changed “TopTools” to something else,

change this pathname accordingly.

The Download Manager shows you which versions of software are currently

on your devices, compares that information with the latest available software,

and helps you download it onto as many devices as you wish.

Note If the files are self-extracting, run the file as a program to extract the files. For

example, if you retrieved the file j4110510.exe, put the file in the above

subdirectory. Now run the program by typing j4110510.exe at a DOS

prompt. The program will extract the files c_05_10.swi, readc510.txt,

and relnotes.txt from itself. In this case the firmware file for the device

is c_05_10.swi.

To use the Download Manager, you must first select the devices that will

receive the software, as follows:

1. On the HP TopTools button bar, click the Devices button and then select

Device types.

2. Under “Devices by Type” select Networking Devices. Highlight the

device(s) you want to update. The devices you select must be all of the

same type, i.e., all hubs or all switches.

HP ProCurve User Manual

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