Netgear XCM8806 Chassis Hardware Installation Guide - Page 1313

NETGEAR 8800 Chassis Switch CLI Manual Step 2-Viewing the Partition To view your selected and booted partition, use the following command: show switch Output from this command includes the selected and booted images and if they are in the primary or the secondary partition. Step 3-Selecting the Partition The image must be downloaded and installed to the alternate (inactive) partition. To specify the partition when downloading and installing the image, use one of the following commands: download image [[ | ] {{vr} } | memorycard ] {} {msm } Step 4-Downloading and Installing the Image To download the image, use the appropriate, previously described, download image command. Downloading a NETGEAR 8800 core image A NETGEAR 8800 core image uses the file extension .xos. • Before the download begins, the switch asks if you want to install the image immediately after the download is finished. Enter y to install the image after download. Enter n to install the image at a later time. When you install the image to the alternate (inactive) partition; you do not need to reboot the switch until you use the image. If you install the image at a later time, the image is still downloaded and saved to the switch, but you must use the following command to install the software and reboot the switch: install image {} {msm } {reboot} Where fname specifies the filename of the new, downloaded image. Downloading a NETGEAR 8800 module image A NETGEAR 8800 module image has functionality that supplements a core image. You download and install a module onto an already installed core image. The version number of the core image and the module must match. For example, the module NG8800-12.4.3.5-1-4-ssh.xmod can be installed only onto the core image NG8800-12.4.3.5-1-4.xos. To install a module to the inactive partition, use the download image command to download the module to the inactive partition, and use the command to install it, if you did not choose to install when the image was downloaded. Remember, the core image on the inactive partition must be of the same version as the module. When you make the inactive partition Appendix A. Configuration and Image Commands | 1313