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Any time you want to upgrade huaweis device you have 2 methods to
do this. The first of them is to use CLI (command line interface), the second is to use bootrom
menu. Using CLI is the most popular method. You can configure FTP server on the device
and use your PC as FTP client or install
install FTP server on your PC and treat the device as FTP
client. Anyway, you can use TFTP or serial (slow connection) instead of FTP. Sometimes it is
not possible to get CLI because there is a problem with software file. It is damaged or does
not exist. In this case we can use bootrom menu to download a new software and upgrade the
device. Lets take S5300 as an example.
Idx Attr
Size(Byte) Date
0 -rw106,936 Oct 01
1 -rw5,169,809 Oct 01
2 -rw102 Oct 09
3 -rw7,369,844 Oct 01
SV100R002C02B093_for_5300.cc
4 -rw11,050,836 Oct 01
V100R005C00SPC100.cc
5 -rw327,968 Oct 01
6 -rw4,086 Oct 01
7 -rw28 Oct 01
2008
2008
2008
2008
Time
00:08:11
00:05:18
16:27:17
00:01:06
FileName
matnlog.dat
log.log
$_patchstate_a
2008 00:02:26
S5300EI-
2008 00:50:21
2008 00:51:42
2008 00:07:04
bootrom104.bin
vrpcfg.cfg
private-data.txt
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
SUBMENU
3. After bootrom upgrade we can start upgrading software. The first task is to download
necessary software from FTP server. The whole procedure below:
BOOTROM
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
MENU
SUBMENU
SUBMENU
Switch IP address
Server IP address
FTP User Name
FTP User Password
:
:
:
:
192.168.0.20
192.168.0.22
huawei
huawei
SUBMENU
SUBMENU
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
mottsec
0
0
host
S5300EI-V100R005C00SPC100.cc
192.168.0.20
192.168.0.22
huawei
huawei
0x0
V1R5SPC100.cc
4. After the new software is downloaded we can set the new software as startup software:
BOOTROM
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Enter
Enter
Enter
Enter
Enter
Enter
MENU
choice(1-7):
choice(1-7):
choice(1-7):
choice(1-7):
choice(1-7):
choice(1-7):
2: Server)
MENU
If you choose 5 you will enter filesystem submenu. From this level you can display files
stored in flash and execute some operation on these files. Sometimes it is very usefull if you
do not have enough space in flash to download a new software. In this case you can format
flash and then follow procedure of software downloading from bootrom menu. I had such
case for example on S3300 switch where flash memory has not enough space to store 2
software versions.
BOOTROM
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
MENU
Erase Flash
Format flash
Delete file from Flash
Rename file from Flash
Display Flash files
Update EPLD file
Update FPGA file
Update FansCard File
Return to main menu
MENU
Sdram Test
Epld Test
RTC Test
Aging Test
Reserved
Reserved
your choice(1-12):
2.
4.
6.
8.
10.
12.
Flash Test
Temperature Test
Show system information
E-Label Barcode and MAC Test
Reserved
Return MainMenu
Please remember that in older bootrom versions it is necessary to use Ctrl+Z shortcut to make
some additional functions visible in bootrom menu. The bootrom menu can be different on
different devices but after reading this post you will deal with them.
Any questions, anything is not clear for you, do not hesitate to ask me. Please be invite to
write your comments.