Hp 5130 — Switch Firmware Upgrade

Happy upgrading. May your latency be low and your checksums match.

display version If you see "Comware Software, Version 5.20," you are in the safe zone. Do not do this on a live Friday afternoon. Do it on a Wednesday at 2 PM when nobody is in the office. hp 5130 switch firmware upgrade

display version HPE Comware Software, Version 7.10.R3238 Happy upgrading

The system is going to reboot. Continue? [Y/N]: As the switch reboots, the fans spin up to jet-engine volume. The console floods with hex codes. You see: Do not do this on a live Friday afternoon

boot-loader file flash:/5130_24G_4SFP_7.10.R3238.ipe slot 1 main The switch stares at you. It runs a checksum. If it says "Verification passed," you breathe. If it says "Incompatible version," you cry. (This means you downloaded the wrong hardware variant—the 5130 has EI and SI models. You have the wrong one).

reboot The console spits out:

Run: