HP 6120XG ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Management and Configuration Gui - Page 138

Switch Memory and Configuration Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options Booting from the Default Flash (Primary or Secondary) The boot command boots the switch from the flash image that you are currently booted on, or the flash image that was set either by the boot setdefault command or by the last executed boot system flash command. This command also executes the complete set of subsystem selftests. You have the option of specifying a configuration file. Syntax: boot [system [flash ] [config FILENAME] Reboots the switch from the flash that you are currently booted on (primary or secondary). You can select which image to boot from during the boot process itself. When using redundant management, the switch will failover to the standby management module. Note: This is changed from always booting from primary flash. You are prompted with a message which will indicate the flash being booted from. system: Boots the switch. You can specify the flash image to boot from. config: You can optionally select a configuration file from which to boot. ProCurve(config)# boot Do you want to save current configuration [y/n]? n Figure 6-14. Example of Boot Command (Default Primary Flash) with Redundant Management In the above example, typing either a y or n at the second prompt initiates the reboot operation. (Entering y saves any configuration changes from the running-config file to the startup-config file; entering n discards them.) Booting from a Specified Flash This version of the boot command gives you the option of specifying whether to reboot from primary or secondary flash, and is the required command for rebooting from secondary flash. This option also executes the complete set of subsystem self-tests. Syntax: boot system flash < primary | secondary > For example, to reboot the switch from secondary flash when there are no pending configuration changes in the running-config file: 6-22