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Connecting the Power Cables ··············································································································3-18
Connecting AC Power Cable·········································································································3-18
Connecting the RPS Cable ···········································································································3-19
Connecting the Interface Cables···········································································································3-20
Connecting the Console Cable······································································································3-20
Connecting the Ethernet Cables ···································································································3-21
Installing and Removing Optional Interface Modules ···········································································3-22
XFP Interface Modules··················································································································3-22
XENPAK Module ···························································································································3-23
Installation Verification ··························································································································3-25
4 Starting and Configuring the Device·······································································································4-1
Setting up a Configuration Environment ·································································································4-1
Connecting the Device to a Configuration Terminal········································································4-1
Setting Terminal Parameters···········································································································4-1
Powering On the Device ·························································································································4-4
Verifying Before Power-On··············································································································4-4
Boot Process ···································································································································4-4
5 Maintaining Software·································································································································5-1
Introduction ·············································································································································5-1
Files Managed by the Device ··········································································································5-1
BootWare Program File···················································································································5-1
Application Files ······························································································································5-2
Configuration Files···························································································································5-2
Web Files·········································································································································5-3
Approaches for Software Maintenance ···························································································5-3
Software Update Flow ·····················································································································5-4
BootWare Menus ····································································································································5-4
BootWare Main Menu······················································································································5-4
BootWare Submenus ······················································································································5-6
Updating Software Through a Serial Connection ···················································································5-7
Introduction to XMODEM·················································································································5-7
Modifying Serial Communication Parameters ·················································································5-8
Updating BootWare Through a Serial Connection ········································································5-10
Updating Applications Through a Serial Connection·····································································5-12
Updating Applications Using TFTP ·······································································································5-13
Updating an Application Using TFTP Through the BootWare Menu ············································5-13
Updating and Backing Up an Application Using TFTP Through the CLI ······································5-15
Updating Applications Using FTP ·········································································································5-17
Updating an Application Using FTP Through the BootWare Menu···············································5-18
Updating and Backing Up an Application Using FTP Through the CLI·········································5-18
Updating Web Files on the Switching Engine·······················································································5-21
Maintaining the Application and Configuration Files·············································································5-22
Displaying All Files ························································································································5-22
Setting the Application File Type···································································································5-22
Deleting a File································································································································5-23
Dealing with Password Loss ·················································································································5-24
BootWare Password Loss ·············································································································5-24