Great to hear. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Ken Applebaum <kappl...@naz.edu> wrote:
> Thank you very much Gerald,**** > > ** ** > > This solved the problem I was having. Even though it added a couple of > steps in terms of assuring the laptop and switch had the same address, and > taking the laptop off the network (only one NIC available), this was a > great solution. **** > > ** ** > > For whatever reason, using Hyperterm or Terra Term Pro just wasn’t > working, either via the switch boot menu, or using xmodem.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks again!**** > > _________________________________________ > Ken Applebaum > Enterprise Network and Solutions Engineer > Nazareth College > 4245 East Avenue > Rochester, NY 14618 > > **** > > *From:* Herzog, Gerald [mailto:gher...@enterasys.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 07, 2012 3:44 PM > *To:* Enterasys Customer Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [enterasys] D2 Firmware upgrade using serial connection**** > > ** ** > > Ken,**** > > ** ** > > If you are able to access the switch I think it would be easier and faster > to load tftpd32 on your laptop, assign an ip address to the switch, assign > a static address to your laptop in the same range, connect via ethernet > cable to a switch port and use the copy://tftp command on the switch to > transfer the file. Will that work for you?**** > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Ken Applebaum <kappl...@naz.edu> wrote:*** > * > > Hi,**** > > **** > > We have one switch that is not connected with the rest of our network that > I want to upgrade the firmware on. Since using TFTP is not an option, I > decided to download the firmware to the switch via the serial port, using > the process outlined in the D-Series CLI Reference.**** > > **** > > I can connect just fine to the boot menu, and have changed the baud rate > on the terminal program to 115200 after changing it on the boot menu of the > switch. However, I have not been able to download firmware to the switch. I > think the issue is that whatever terminal program I am using (Windows > Hyperterm or Terra Term Pro) does not have the ability to find the firmware > image on my PC. My guess is that I either don’t know where on the PC I > should place this file, or there is some configuration parameter I need to > set in the terminal program. Unfortunately, trying to do a xmodem file > transfer when connected in operational mode does not work.**** > > **** > > If someone can provide some assistance with this, it would be much > appreciated. Thanks.**** > > **** > > _________________________________________ > Ken Applebaum > Enterprise Network and Solutions Engineer > Nazareth College > 4245 East Avenue > Rochester, NY 14618**** > > **** > > - --To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to lists...@unc.edu with > the body: unsubscribe enterasys gher...@enterasys.com **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > *J*erry Herzog > Solutions Engineer > Enterasys Networks, Inc. > A Siemens Enterprise Communications Company > > Mobile +1 330 224 6088 > E-mail gher...@enterasys.com**** > > Twitter: @JerryHerzog**** > > 50 Minuteman Rd. **** > > Andover, MA 01810 **** > > **** > > ** ** > > - --To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to lists...@unc.edu with > the body: unsubscribe enterasys kappl...@naz.edu **** > > > - --To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to lists...@unc.edu with > the body: unsubscribe enterasys gher...@enterasys.com > > -- *J*erry Herzog Solutions Engineer Enterasys Networks, Inc. A Siemens Enterprise Communications Company Mobile +1 330 224 6088 E-mail gher...@enterasys.com Twitter: @JerryHerzog 50 Minuteman Rd. Andover, MA 01810 --- To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to lists...@unc.edu with the body: unsubscribe enterasys arch...@mail-archive.com
