How to Upgrade the firmware with the command line interface of Allied Telesis switches

Last updated: Mar 6, 2022

We will see how to update the firmware of Allied Telesis switches.

Note : We will need to set up a TFTP server, if necessary you can see how to proceed for Windows and GNU/Linux.

Configuration

Switches models

Switch model : x530L Series
Switch model : x530 Series
Switch model : x930 Series

Default password

Default login / password : manager / friend

Procedure

Copy the new firmware to your TFTP root directory.

Check space

Check how much space is free :

awplus> enable
awplus# show file systems

Copy firmware

Copy the new firmware from the TFTP server onto the switch :

awplus# copy tftp://IP_TFTP_SERVER/firmware.rel firmware.rel

Example :

awplus# copy tftp://IP_TFTP_SERVER/x930-5.5.0-2.12.rel x930-5.5.0-2.12.rel

Not tested but we can also do it from USB :

awplus# copy usb://x930-5.5.0-2.12.rel x930-5.5.0-2.12.rel

Check the presence of the file :

awplus# dir flash

Reboot on the new firmware

Set the switch to boot from the new release :

awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# boot system firmware.rel

Check boot options :

awplus(config)# do show boot
Boot configuration
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Current software   : x930-5.4.9-2.4.rel 
Current boot image : flash:/x930-5.5.0-2.12.rel (file exists)
Backup  boot image : Not set 
Default boot config: flash:/default.cfg
Current boot config: flash:/default.cfg (file exists)
Backup  boot config: Not set 
Autoboot status    : disabled
Boot Security Level: none

(Optional) Set a backup release to load if the main release file cannot be loaded :

awplus(config)# boot system backup x930-5.4.9-2.4.rel

Reboot to load to load new firmware :

awplus(config)# do reboot

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