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B Commands

boot

B Commands

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The commands in this chapter apply to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches. All commands are shown here in alphabetical order regardless of command mode. See the "Command Modes" section to determine the appropriate mode for each command. For more information, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide.

•boot

boot

To perform operations on the system, use the boot command in configuration mode.

boot [kickstart | system] [bootflash: | slot0: | tftp:] [sup-1 | sup-2]

Syntax Description

kickstart	Configures the kickstart image.
system	Configures the system image.
bootflash:	Specifies system image URI for bootflash.
slot0:	Specifies system image URI for slot 0.
tftp:	Specifies system image URI for TFTP.
sup-1	The upper supervisor.
sup-2	The lower supervisor.

Defaults

None.

Command Modes

Configuration mode.

Command History

This command was introduced in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.0(2).

Usage Guidelines

The boot kickstart slot0:image command is currently not allowed. For kickstart, only bootflash: is allowed.

Examples

The following example adds the new system image file to the SYSTEM environment variable.

switch(config)# boot system bootflash:system.img

switch(config)# 

The following example boots from the CompactFlash device (slot0:).

switch(config)# boot system slot0:system.img

The switch updates the SYSTEM environment variable to reflect the new image file in the specified Flash device.

The following example overwrites the old Kickstart environment variable in the configuration file:

switch(config)# boot kickstart kickstart.img

switch(config)#