S5720-52P-PWR-LI-AC – Rebooting-Issue

If a switch like S5720-52P-PWR-LI-AC does not have a management interface, connect the network cable to the first interface. If the first interface of a switch is a combo interface, ensure that the combo interface works in electrical mode.

1. Upgrading the System Software Through the Network Interface

Step 1: Enter the BootLoad menu.

When the switch is starting, the following information is displayed:

Press Ctrl+B or Ctrl+E to enter BootLoad menu: 2

Press Ctrl+B before the countdown timer expires, and then enter the password.  In V002R019 and earlier versions, the default Bootload password is Admin@huawei.com. In V002R020 and later versions, the Bootload password is not configured by default. Then the BootLoad menu is displayed. The following information is displayed:

       BootLoad  Menu

    1. Boot with default mode
    2. Enter serial submenu
    3. Enter startup submenu
    4. Enter ethernet submenu
    5. Enter filesystem submenu
    6. Enter password submenu
    7. Clear password for console user
    8. Reboot
    (Press Ctrl+E to enter diag menu)

Enter your choice(1-8):

Step 2. Select 4. Enter ethernet submenu. The following information is displayed:

       ETHERNET  SUBMENU   
    1. Update BootLoad system 
    2. Download file to Flash through ethernet interface 
    3. Upload Configuration file to Ftp through ethernet interface  
    4. Modify ethernet interface boot parameter
    5. Return to main menu 
Enter your choice(1-5):

Step 3. Modify the parameters of the network interface.

Select 4. Modify ethernet interface boot parameter. The following information is displayed:

      BOOTLINE  SUBMENU
    1. Set TFTP protocol parameters
    2. Set FTP protocol parameters
    3. Return to ethernet menu

Select TFTP or FTP as required.

For example, after you select 2. Set FTP protocol parameters, the following information is displayed and cannot be deleted. New configuration automatically overwrites the old configuration.

Note:

If the TFTP protocol is used, you do not need to enter the user name and password.

'.' = clear field;  '-' = go to previous field;  ^D = quit
Load File name      :  S6730-H-V200R021C00.cc
Switch IP address   : 192.168.1.15 192.168.0.1 
Server IP address   : 192.168.1.40 192.168.0.2
FTP User Name       : huawei user 
FTP User Password   :

The fields are described as follows:

Load File name: file name of the startup file to be loaded

Switch IP address: switch IP address (the mask is optional)

Server IP address: server IP address

FTP User Name: FTP user name

FTP User Password: FTP password

Step 4    Download the system software.

After network interface parameters are modified, select 3. Return to ethernet menu to return to the Ethernet submenu. Connect a cable to the management interface of the switch. If the switch does not have a management interface, connect a cable to port 1 on the front panel. Then select 2. Download file to Flash through ethernet interface to load the file. The following information is displayed:

Use ftp to download file :  S6730-H-V200R021C00.cc , please wait for a moment......
Successfully download  S6730-H-V200R021C00.cc

After the upgrade file is transferred, select 5. Return to main menu to return to the BootLoad menu.

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2 Specifying the System Software to Be Loaded for Starting the Switch

Specify the system software that is loaded when the switch starts.

Step 1    Enter the BootLoad menu and select 3. Enter startup submenu to enter the startup submenu. The following information is displayed:

       Startup Configuration Submenu
    1. Display startup configuration
    2. Modify startup configuration
    3. Return to main menu
Enter your choice(1-3):

Step 2    Select 2. Modify startup configuration to set the startup mode of the  S6730-H, system software, configuration file, and patch file. The following information is displayed:

Note: startup file field can not be cleared
'.'=clear field; '^D'=quit; Enter=use current configuration

startup type(1: Flash)
  current: 1
  new    : 1
Flash startup file (can not be cleared)
  current:  S6730-H-V200R020C10SPC500.cc
  new    :  S6730-H-V200R021C00.cc
saved-configuration file
  current: vrpcfg.zip
  new    : vrpcfgnew.zip
patch package
  current:  S6730-H-v200r011sph001.pat
  new    :  S6730-H-V200R021C00SPH001.pat

Table Description of the displayed information

       Startup Configuration Submenu
    1. Display startup configuration
    2. Modify startup configuration
    3. Return to main menu
Enter your choice(1-3):

Step 3    After entering the startup information, select 3. Return to main menu to return to the BootLoad menu.

      BootLoad  Menu

    1. Boot with default mode
    2. Enter serial submenu
    3. Enter startup submenu
    4. Enter ethernet submenu
    5. Enter filesystem submenu
    6. Enter password submenu
    7. Clear password for console user
    8. Reboot
    (Press Ctrl+E to enter diag menu)

Enter your choice(1-8):

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3 Restarting the Switch

The switch is automatically upgraded by loading the latest system software during startup.

Select 8. Reboot to restart the switch. Then, the switch restores the baud rate on the console port to 9600 bit/s. The baud rate of the HyperTerminal also needs to be set to 9600 bit/s. The PC then can communicate with the switch.