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Switch/Firmware Page:
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1655MC Integrated Switch User's Guide

Upgrading Firmware

From the Firmware page, you can configure the system to download a new version of the management software. The switch can contain two software code files, one of which is set as the Start-Up file that you want to run. This allows you to try out a new version of the software without overwriting the previous version.

The Firmware page contains the following information:

• Current Operation Code Version

It also contains the following editable fields:

• TFTP Server IP Address— to indicate the server from which to upload or download system software.
• Source File Name— to indicate the path and name of the software file to download.
• Destination File Name— to indicate the file to be replaced or created.
• Remove Operation Code Image File— to delete a code file from the switch.
• Startup Operation Code File Name— to indicate which Operation Code file you want to run. Select the filename from the drop-down list.

The following tasks can be completed from this page:

Upload Operation Code to a Server

1. In the Transfer Operation Code Image File to Server section, enter the IP address of the TFTP server in the TFTP Server IP Address field.
2. In the Source File Name field, select the file to upload from the drop-down list.
3. In the Destination File Name field, specify a name for the file on the TFTP server.
4. Click the Transfer to Server button below the section.

Download Operation Code from a Server

1. In the Transfer Operation Code Image File from Server section, enter the IP address of the TFTP server in the TFTP Server IP Address field.
2. In the Source File Name field, enter the file name of the image code to download.
3. For the Destination File Name, select a filename from the drop-down list to replace an existing file, or specify a new file name (maximum 32 characters). Note that the switch can contain only two software code files. An attempt to download a third file would not succeed, you must replace an existing file or first remove a file.
4. Click the Transfer from Server button below the section.

Delete an Operation Code File from the Switch

1. In the Remove Operation Code Image File section, select the file to delete from the drop-down list.
2. Click the Remove File button below the section.

Select the Operation Code Start-up File

1. In the Startup Operation Code Image File section, select the startup code file from the drop-down list.
2. Click the Apply Changes button below the section.

CLI Commands

The following is a summary of the equivalent CLI commands for items in the Switch/Firmware web page.

Example

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