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Upgrading The Firmware On A 3com 4500 Switch

Again, this is mostly for my own notes, but someone else may find it useful. Last year we purchased a 3c0m POE switch for our new VoIP phone system. This year I needed to update the firmware on it, but with only 8MB of flash drive I ran into a few problems.

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Upgrading The Firmware On A 3com 4500 Switch

Again, this is mostly for my own notes, but someone else may find it useful. Last year we purchased a 3c0m POE switch for our new VoIP phone system. This year I needed to update the firmware on it, but with only 8MB of flash drive I ran into a few problems.

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Upgrading the Firmware on a 3com 4500 switch

Again, this is mostly for my own notes, but someone else may find it useful. Last year we
purchased a 3c0m POE switch for our new VoIP phone system. This year I needed to update the
firmware on it, but with only 8MB of flash drive I ran into a few problems.

First off, BACK UP EVERYTHING!


I used the TFTP method to transfer files to and from the switch. I used Solarwinds TFTP Server on
my PC.

File name Prefix / Suffix


s3n / .app = 4500 application software.
s30 / .btm = 4500 boot ROM software
s3p / .web = 4500 web file (HTTP management interface)
3comOScfg.def / .def = 4500 config file

So first things first backing up via TFTP:


<4500>tftp [IP OF TFTP SERVER] put flash:/s3004_01.btm
<4500>tftp [IP OF TFTP SERVER] put flash:/s3p04_03.web
<4500>tftp [IP OF TFTP SERVER] put flash:/s3n03_03_02s56p05.app
<4500>tftp [IP OF TFTP SERVER] put flash:/3comOScfg.def

Please change these files as you see fit. Do a dir on the root directory to get the listing for your
particular switch.

Now that we have that backed up we need to clean up the flash:/ drive to make room for the
updates.

<4500>delete s3004_01.btm
<4500>delete s3p04_03.web
<4500>detete s3n03_03_02s56p05.app

Now we also have to empty the recycle-bin. This is where I got stuck as I didn't know a CLI could
have a recycle-bin, or have never seen it done before.

<4500>reset recycle-bin

See as we now have the free space we need to get the new files we can pull them down from the
TFTP server.
<4500>tftp [IP OF TFTP SERVER] get s3p02_01.web
<4500>tftp [IP OF TFTP SERVER] get s3o01_01.btm
<4500>tftp [IP OF TFTP SERVER] get s3n03_02_00s56.app

Again, you will need to use the files that are the current firmware update.

One of the last steps is to tell the switch what files to use on next boot.
<4500>boot boot-loader flash:/s3n03_02_00s56.app
<4500>boot bootrom flash:/s3o02_01.btm

Finally we will save the configuration and reboot the switch.


<4500>save
<4500>reboot

Thats it! After the switch reboots you will be running the newest software, except for the .web file.
For some reason this is left out of all of the documentation that comes with the update. I didn't
write down the commands I used to get it to update, and I honestly don't think they worked.

Here is the command to upgrade the web package:


boot web-package s3v02_04.web main
Thanks, it worked.
On mine:

system-view
!
interface Vlan-interface 1
ip address 10.1.216.85 255.255.255.0
!
quit
!
!tftp 10.1.216.84 put flash:/s3q05_02_00s168p20.app
!tftp 10.1.216.84 put flash:/s3r05_06.btm
!
tftp 10.1.216.84 get s3q05_02_00s168p20.app
tftp 10.1.216.84 get s3r05_06.btm
!
boot-loader file flash:/s3q05_02_00s168p20.app main

bootrom update file flash:/s3r05_06.btm

save

reboot

https://mymcp.blogspot.com/2010/02/upgrading-firmware-on-3com-4500-switch.html

Upgrading firmware on 3Com 4500 switch


This is a step-by-step on how to upgrade the firmware on a 3Com 4500 series switch.

Before starting, the switch needs to be on the network and be able to "see" the TFTP server.

Just to be on the safe side, before upgrading do a BACKUP! Once the TFTP software is set up
and pointing to the folder that will contain the backup files, connect to a terminal session and go
trough the following sequence:

<4500>tftp 192.168.0.1 put flash:/s3p01_00.web


<4500>tftp 192.168.0.1 put flash:/3comoscfg.def
<4500>tftp 192.168.0.1 put flash:/3comoscfg.cfg
<4500>tftp 192.168.0.1 put flash:/s3n03_01_00s56p01.app

Next thing that needs to be done is deleting the old firmware to make room for the new one. Make
sure that you are not deleting the configuration files (3comoscfg.def & 3comoscfg.cfg).

<4500>delete /unreserved s3p01_00.web


<4500>delete /unreserved s3n03_01_00s56p01.app
<4500>dir
Directory of unit1>flash:/
0 -rw- 5195 Jan 01 1970 00:02:27 3comoscfg.def
1 -rw- 4914 Apr 01 2000 23:57:51 3comoscfg.cfg
7239 KB total (7098 KB free)

Now to get on with the upgrade, set up the TFTP software to point to the folder containing the new
software, than run the following sequence in the terminal.

<4500>tftp 192.168.0.1 get flash:/s3p04_04.web


<4500>tftp 192.168.0.1 get s3p04_04.web
<4500>tftp 192.168.0.1 get s3o04_06.btm
<4500>tftp 192.168.0.1 get s3n03_03_02s168p15.app
Next step is to configure which files will be used by the switch on the next boot.

<4500>boot boot-loader flash:/s3n03_03_02s168p15.app


<4500>boot bootrom flash:/s3o04_06.btm
<4500>dir
Directory of unit1>flash:/
1 -rw- 995524 Apr 02 2000 01:31:13 s3p04_04.web
2 -rw- 5195 Jan 01 1970 00:02:27 3comoscfg.def
3 -rw- 195022 Apr 02 2000 01:31:53 s3o04_06.btm
4 (*) -rw- 4914 Apr 02 2000 01:35:26 3comoscfg.cfg
5 (*) -rw- 4221603 Apr 02 2000 01:33:28 s3n03_03_02s168p15.app
7239 KB total (1811 KB free)
(*) -with main attribute (b) -with backup attribute
(*b) -with both main and backup attribute

Finally, the configuration needs to be saved.

<4500>save

==>>
Don't forget this command to upgrade the web package
boot web-package s3v02_04.web main

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