H3C MSR 20/30/50 Series Routers

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 CONTENTS

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Introduction to the Manual 5
Conventions 5
Related Documentation 6

1 INTRODUCTION
Volume Introduction 7

2 FEATURE DESCRIPTION
Overview 9
Functional Modules Index of Basic 9
Functional Modules Index of Standard 10
Feature Description 11

3 LOGGING ONTO MSR SERIES ROUTERS

Logging onto an MSR Series Router 29
Introduction to User Interface 32

4 REGISTERING THE SOFTWARE

5 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE
Introduction 37
BootROM Menu 39
Upgrading BootROM Through Serial Interface 43
Upgrading Application Program Through Serial Interface 47
Upgrading Application Program Through Ethernet Interface 47
Maintaining Application Program and Configuring Through Command Lines 50
Maintaining Application Program and Configuration File 55
Dealing with Router Password Loss 57
Backing up and Restoring BootROM 58

6 SLOT POSITION OF H3C MSR SERIES ROUTERS

Slot Position of H3C MSR 20 Series Routers 59
Slot Position of H3C MSR 30 Series Routers 59
Slot Position of H3C MSR 50 Series Routers 60
 ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Introduction to the You can get a brief idea of the contents of this manual by reading the following:
Manual ■ “Feature Description” on page 9: Introduces the main features of each module
presented in this manual.
■ “Logging onto MSR Series Routers” on page 29: Helps you know about the
user interfaces supported on the MSR series routers and how to log on or
telnet through the Console port or the Ethernet interface.
■ “Registering the Software” on page 35: Introduces the registration methods of
the MSR series routers.
■ “Software Maintenance” on page 37: Introduces software upgrade and
maintenance method of the router and how to deal with password loss,
helping you familiar with software upgrade and configuration file maintenance
in all modes.
■ “Slot Position of H3C MSR Series Routers” on page 59: Helps you finding the
slot position with a diagram when you are maintaining the router.

n Always download the release notes for your product from the 3Com World Wide
Web site and check for the latest updates to software and product
documentation: http://www.3Com.com

Conventions Table 1 lists icon conventions that are used throughout this guide.
Table 1 Notice Icons

Icon Notice Type Description

n Information note Information that describes important features or

instructions.

c Caution Information that alerts you to potential loss of data

or potential damage to an application, system, or
device.

w Warning Information that alerts you to potential personal

injury.

Table 2 lists text conventions that are used throughout this guide.

Table 2 Text Conventions

Convention Description
Screen displays This typeface represents information as it appears on the
screen.
 6 ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Table 2 Text Conventions

Convention Description
Keyboard key names If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key
names are linked with a plus sign (+), for example:
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del
The words “enter” and “type” When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must type
something, and then press Return or Enter. Do not press
Return or Enter when an instruction simply says “type.”
Words in italics Italics are used to:
Emphasize a point.
Denote a new term at the place where it is defined in the
text.
Identify menu names, menu commands, and software
button names.
Examples:
From the Help menu, select Contents.
Click OK.
Words in bold Boldface type is used to highlight command names. For
example, “Use the display user-interface command
to...”

Related The following manuals offer additional information necessary for managing your
Documentation MSR 20/30/50 Series routers:

■ H3C MSR 20/30/50 Series Routers Installation Manuals — Covers setting up

and initializing your router.
■ H3C MSR 20/30/50 Series Routers Configuration Guide — Describes how to
operate the router. It includes sections about getting started, system
management, interface, link layer protocol, network protocol, routing protocol,
multicast protocol, security, VPN, reliability, QoS, dial-up and VoIP, as well as
acronyms used in the manual.
■ H3C MSR 20/30/50 Series Routers Command Reference Guide — Provides a
detailed description of the operating commands. It includes sections about
getting started, system management, interface, link layer protocol, network
protocol, routing protocol, multicast protocol, security, VPN, reliability, QoS,
dial-up and VoIP, as well as a command index.
■ H3C MSR 20/30/50 Series Routers Interface Card and Interface Module
Manual — Covers the pinouts, function, interface attributes, panels, and LEDs
of all interface cards and modules available with the router.
■ LMR Series Routers Cable Manual — Describes the pinouts of the cables
available for LMR series routers.
■ Release Notes — Contains the latest information about your product. If
information in this guide differs from information in the release notes, use the
information in the Release Notes.
■ For configuration examples of H3C MSR 20/30/50 Series Routers, visit website
of H3C.
■ Log onto http://www.h3c.com to get the latest version of the product manuals.
 INTRODUCTION
1

Volume Introduction Softwares on MSR series routers fall into two versions: basic and standard. You can
find lists of features supported on the two versions and the corresponding
volumes of protocols or features you are interested in through feature indexes for
these two versions respectively.
■ “Access Volume” on page 11: Configuration of interfaces and link layer
protocols supported on the router
■ “IP Services Volume” on page 14: Configuration of IP-related features such as
IP address, ARP, DNS, DHCP, IP performance, IP Unicast Routing, ACL, IPv6
Basics, NAT-PT and IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnel
■ “IP Routing Volume” on page 16: Configuration of routing protocols such as
static route, RIP, RIPng, OSPF, OSPFv3, IS-IS, BGP, BGP4+ and routing policy
■ “IP Multicast Volume” on page 17: Configuration of IP multicast protocols such
as IGMP, PIM, MSDP, multicast policy and MLD
■ “MPLS&VPN Volume” on page 19: Configuration of MPLS and VPN related
protocols such as MPLS, MPLS TE, GRE, BGP/MPLS IP VPN, MPLS L2VPN and
VPLS
■ “QoS Volume” on page 20: Configuration of QoS related protocols and
features supported on the router, such as traffic classification, policing, and
shaping, QoS policy, congestion management, priority mapping, congestion
avoidance, MPLS QoS, DAR and Frame Relay QoS
■ “Security Volume” on page 21: Configuration of security protocols such as
AAA, user management, firewall, NAT, IPSec, IKE, RADIUS, HWTACACS and
PORTAL
■ “System Volume” on page 23: Configuration of system-related protocols and
features such as basic system configuration, user login, file system
management, system maintenance, NTP, SNMP, RMON, backup center, VRRP,
NQA and MAC address table management
■ “IPX Volume” on page 26: Configuration of IPX protocol supported on the
router
■ “Voice Volume” on page 26: Configuration of VoIP-related protocols and
features such as H.323, SIP, FoIP, and dial policy
8 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
 FEATURE DESCRIPTION
2

Overview H3C MSR Series Routers can be divided into three series: MSR 20, MSR 30 and
MSR 50, which are positioned in ascending order. MSR 20 and MSR 30 series can
be used as the edge access equipment of large networks or carrier networks, and
the core of branches or small businesses; MSR 50 series can be used as the core of
large and medium-sized enterprise networks as well as the edge/aggregation
access equipment of large networks or carrier networks.

Functional Modules
Table 1 Functional modules index of standard
Index of Basic
Functional
module Feature
“Access ATM and DSL POS Interface Ethernet Interface WAN Interface
Volume” on interface
page 11
ATM DCC DLSw Frame Relay
GVRP HDLC LAPB and X.25 Link Aggregation
MODEM Port Mirroring PPP(PPP,PPPoE) Bridging
ISDN MSTP VLAN Port Isolation
Dynamic router Logical interface
backup
“IP Services ARP DHCP(Server,Client DNS IP Accounting
Volume” on )
page 14
IP Addressing IP Performance IP Unicast URPF
Policy-Routing
Fast Forwarding IPv6 Basics Dual Stack
“IP Routing IP Routing BGP OSPF RIP
Volume” on Overview
page 16
Routing Policy Static Routing IPv6 Static
Routing
“IP Multicast Multicast Multicast Routing IGMP MSDP
Volume” on Overview and Forwarding
page 17
PIM IPv6 Multicast MLD IPv6 PIM
Routing and
Forwarding
“MPLS&VPN GRE L2TP
Volume” on
page 19
“QoS Volume” QoS
on page 20
 10 CHAPTER 2: FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Table 1 Functional modules index of standard

Functional
module Feature
“Security 802.1x AAA RADIUS Firewall NAT
Volume” on HWTACACS
page 21
PKI PORTAL Rsh SSH1.5
ACL SSH2.0
“System GR Backup Center VRRP Device
Volume” on Management
page 23
NQA NetStream NTP RMON
SNMP File System System Basic System
Management Maintaining and Configuration
Debugging
Information User Interface MAC Address
Center Table
Management

Functional Modules
Table 2 Functional modules index of Standard
Index of Standard
Functional
module Feature
“Access ATM and DSL POS Interface Ethernet Interface WAN Interface
Volume” on interface
page 11
ATM DCC DLSw Frame Relay
GVRP HDLC LAPB and X.25 Link Aggregation
MODEM Port Mirroring PPP Bridging
ISDN MSTP VLAN Port Isolation
Dynamic router Logical interface CPOS
backup
“IP Services ARP DHCP DNS IP Accounting
Volume” on
IP Addressing IP Performance IP Unicast UDP Helper
page 14
Policy-Routing
URPF Fast Forwarding IPv6 Basics NAT-PT
Dual Stack Tunneling IPv6 Unicast Policy Terminal Access
Routing
“IP Routing IP Routing BGP IS-IS OSPF
Volume” on Overview
page 16
RIP Routing Policy Static Routing IPv6 BGP
IPv6 IS-IS IPv6 OSPFv3 IPv6 RIPng IPv6 Static
Routing
“IP Multicast Multicast Multicast Routing IGMP MSDP
Volume” on Overview and Forwarding
page 17
PIM IPv6 Multicast MLD IPv6 PIM
Routing and
Forwarding
Multicast VPN
“MPLS&VPN MPLS Basics MPLS TE MPLS L2VPN MPLS L3VPN
Volume” on
DVPN GRE L2TP
page 19
 Feature Description 11

Table 2 Functional modules index of Standard

Functional
module Feature
“QoS Volume” QoS
on page 20
“Security 802.1x AAA RADIUS Firewall MAC
Volume” on HWTACACS Authentication
page 21
NAT PKI PORTAL Rsh
ACL IPSec SSH2.0 SSL
“System GR Backup Center VRRP Device
Volume” on Management
page 23
NQA Automatic NTP RMON
Configuration
SNMP File System System Basic System
Management Maintaining and Configuration
Debugging
Information User Interface MAC Address NetStream
Center Table
Management
PoE OAP Module1 ACFP ACSEI
Track
“IPX Volume” IPX
on page 26
“Voice Voice Overview VoIP Dial Plan E1 and T1
Volume” on
Fax over IP H.323 SIP VoFR
page 26
Voice RADIUS Call Services
1 Note that in some regions, the OAP module is sold as the OSM module. Both modules are functionally the
same.

Feature Description

n In the PDF version of this manual, you can click the hyperlink in the “Operation
Manual” and “Command Manual” to access the operation and command manual
you are interested in. Press <Alt + ←> to return to [ Feature Description ].

Access Volume
Table 3 Features in access volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
ATM&DSL ATM and DSL Interface Introduction to interfaces such as ATM/DSL,
Interface Configuration IMA-E1/T1, ATM E3/T3, ATM OC-3c/STM-1,
ADSL and G.SHDSL
ATM and DSL Interface
Commands
POS Interface POS Interface Configuration POS configuration and introduction
POS Interface Commands
Ethernet Ethernet Interface Configuration Combo, layer 2 and layer 3 Ethernet
Interface interface introduction
Ethernet Interface Commands
12 CHAPTER 2: FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Table 3 Features in access volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
WAN WAN Interface Configuration Introduction to WAN interfaces such as
Interface Synchronous/asynchronous serial interface,
WAN Interface Commands
AUX, AM, ISDN BRI, E1-F, T1-F, CE1/PRI,
CT1/PRI, CE3 and CT3
ATM ATM Configuration ■ Configuration of ATM, ATM
subinterface and PVC and VP
ATM Commands
monitoring and management
■ Introduction to IPoA, PPPoA, IPoEoA and
PPPoEoA supported on an ATM
interface
DCC DCC Configuration Dial control center, a routing technology
through which routers can interconnect
DCC Commands
with each other through public switching
network (PSTN and ISDN).
■ DCC basic configuration
■ Configuration of DCC specific functions
DLSw DLSw configuration ■ Configuring DLSw in Ethernet
DLSw Commands ■ Configuring DLSw in SDLC
Frame Relay Frame Relay Configuration ■ FR DCE/DTE configuration
Frame Relay Commands ■ FR compression configuration
■ Multilink FR configuration
■ PPPoFR configuration
■ MPoFR configuration
GVRP GVRP Configuration ■ GVRP function configuration
GVRP Commands ■ GARP timer configuration
HDLC HDLC Configuration HDLC configuration
HDLC Commands
LAPB and LAPB and X.25 Configuration ■ LAPB configuration
X.25
LAPB and X.25 Commands ■ X.25 configuration
■ XOT configuration
■ X2T configuration
Link Link Aggregation Configuration ■ Link aggregation classification
Aggregation
Link Aggregation Commands ■ Load sharing mode in a link aggregation
group
■ Link aggregation configuration
MODEM MODEM Configuration MODEM management configuration
MODEM Commands
Port Mirroring Port Mirroring Configuration Local port mirroring configuration
Port Mirroring Commands
PPP PPP Configuration ■ PPP configuration
PPP Commands ■ MP configuration
■ PPP link efficiency mechanism
configuration
■ PPPoE configuration
 Feature Description 13

Table 3 Features in access volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
Bridging Bridging Configuration Isolation group configuration
Bridging Commands
ISDN ISDN Configuration ISDN configuration
ISDN Commands
MSTP MSTP Configuration ■ Root bridge configuration
MSTP Commands ■ Leaf node configuration
■ Performing mCheck
■ Digest snooping configuration
■ No Agreement Check configuration
■ Protection functions configuration
VLAN VLAN Configuration ■ Basic VLAN attributes configuration
VLAN Commands ■ Configuration for VLAN interface basic
attributes
■ Port-based VLAN configuration
■ Voice VLAN configuration
Port Isolation Port Isolation Configuration Isolation group configuration
Port Isolation Commands
Dynamic Dynamic Route Backup ■ Dynamic Route Backup Configuration
Route Backup Configuration
■ Dynamic Route Backup Configuration
Dynamic Route Backup Example
Commands
Logical Logical Interface Configuration ■ Dialer Interface
Interface
Logical Interface Commands ■ Loopback Interface
■ Null Interface
■ Sub-interface
■ Configuring MP-group Interfaces
■ Configuring MFR Interface
■ VT and VA Interface
■ Configuring VE
CPOS CPOS Interface Configuration ■ Configuring a CPOS Interface
CPOS Interface Commands ■ Configuring an E1 Channel
■ Configuring a T1 Channel
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9
14 CHAPTER 2: FEATURE DESCRIPTION

IP Services Volume
Table 4 Features in IP services volume

Operation and
Feature command manual Feature description
ARP ARP Configuration Address resolution protocol, mainly used for
resolution from IP address to Ethernet MAC
ARP Commands
address.
■ ARP configuration
■ Gratuitous ARP configuration
■ ARP source suppression configuration
■ Proxy ARP configuration
DHCP DHCP Configuration Dynamic host configuration protocol,
implements dynamic configuration for
DHCP Commands
information such as IP address.
■ DHCP server configuration
■ DHCP relay configuration
■ DHCP client configuration
■ DHCP Snooping configuration
■ BOOTP client configuration
DNS DNS Configuration DNS is a distributed database that applies to
TCP/IP application programs. It functions to
DNS Commands
resolve between hostnames and IP addresses.
■ Static DNS configuration
■ Dynamic DNS configuration
IP Accounting IP Accounting IP accounting counts inbound and outbound IP
Configuration packets on the router.
IP Accounting Commands ■ IP accounting configuration
IP Addressing IP Addressing ■ IP address configuration
Configuration
■ Assigning an IP address to an interface
IP Addressing Commands
IP Performance IP Performance In a specific network, IP parameters need to be
Configuration adjusted to optimize the network performance.
IP Performance Commands ■ Enabling receiving and forwarding directed
broadcasts
■ Configuration of TCP timer, buffersize,
packet size and ICMP error packets
IP Unicast IP Unicast Policy-Routing Policy routing, selects routes according to
Policy-Routing Configuration policies defined by the user.
IP Unicast Policy-Routing ■ Policy routing configuration
Commands
UDP Helper UDP Helper Configuration UDP Helper functions to relay UDP broadcast
packets to the specified server after converting
UDP Helper Commands
them to unicast packets.
■ UDP Helper configuration
URPF URPF Configuration Unicast reverse path finding, used to prevent
the network attack based on source address
URPF Commands
spoofing.
■ URPF configuration
 Feature Description 15

Table 4 Features in IP services volume

Operation and
Feature command manual Feature description
Fast Fast Forwarding Fast forwarding employs cache and
Forwarding Configuration data-flow-based technology to handle packet
forwarding.
Fast Forwarding
Commands ■ Fast forwarding configuration
IPv6 Basics IPv6 Basics Configuration Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) was designed
by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as
IPv6 Basics Commands
the successor to Internet protocol version 4
(IPv4).
■ Configuring basic IPv6 functions
■ IPv6 NDP configuration
■ PMTU discovery configuration
■ TCP6 configuration
■ IPv6 FIB forwarding configuration
■ IPv6 DNS configuration
NAT-PT NAT-PT Configuration IPv4 networks and IPv6 networks will co-exist to
communicate with each other for a long period
NAT-PT Commands
of time. The network address translation -
protocol translation (NAT-PT) realizes translation
between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to meet the
communication requirement.
■ NAT-PT configuration
Dual Stack Dual Stack Configuration A network node that supports both IPv4 and
IPv6 is called a dual stack node. A dual stack
Dual Stack Commands
node configured with an IPv4 and an IPv6
addresses can have both IPv4 and IPv6 packets
transmitted.
■ Dual stack configuration
■ Transition technology from IPv4 to IPv6
Tunneling Tunneling Configuration Tunneling is an encapsulation technology,
which utilizes one network transport protocol to
Tunneling Commands
encapsulate packets of another network
transport protocol and transfer them over the
network.
■ Manual/automatic IPv4-compatible IPv6
Tunnel
■ 6to4 tunnel configuration
■ ISATAP tunnel configuration
■ IPv4 over IPv4 tunnel configuration
■ IPv6 over IPv6 tunnel configuration
■ IPv4 over IPv4 tunnel configuration
■ 6PE configuration
IPv6 Unicast IPv6 Unicast Policy Routing IPv6 Unicast Policy Routing configuration
Policy Routing Configuration
IPv6 Unicast Policy Routing
Commands
16 CHAPTER 2: FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Table 4 Features in IP services volume

Operation and
Feature command manual Feature description
Terminal Terminal Access ■ Introduction to Terminal Access
Access Configuration
■ TTY Terminal Access Configuration
Terminal Access
■ Telnet Terminal Access Configuration
Commands
■ RTC Terminal Access Configuration
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9

IP Routing Volume
Table 5 Features in IP routing volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
IP Routing IP Routing Overview IP routing overview
Overview
IP Routing Table Commands ■ IP routing overview
■ IP routing and routing table
■ Routing through a routing table
BGP BGP Configuration A dynamic inter-AS route discovery protocol
BGP Commands ■ Configuring BGP basic functions
■ Configuring BGP routing attributes
■ Configuring a large scale BGP network
ISIS IS-IS Configuration An interior gateway protocol (IGP) used within
an Autonomous System. It adopts the
IS-IS Commands
Shortest Path First (SPF) algorithm for route
calculation.
■ Configuring ISIS basic functions
■ Configuring ISIS routing information
control
OSPF OSPF Configuration An interior gateway protocol based on link
state
OSPF Commands
■ Configuring OSPF Basic Functions
■ Configuring OSPF Area Parameters
■ Configuring OSPF Network Types
■ Configuring OSPF Routing Information
Management
RIP RIP Configuration A simple Interior Gateway Protocol mainly
used in small-sized networks
RIP Commands
■ Configuring RIP basic functions
■ Configuring RIP advanced functions
Routing Routing Policy Configuration Routing policy, used to change the route that
Policy network traffic passes.
Routing Policy Commands
■ Defining Filtering Lists
■ Configuring a Routing Policy
 Feature Description 17

Table 5 Features in IP routing volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
Static Static Routing Configuration A special route that is manually configured by
Routing the network administrator. The proper
Static Routing Commands
configuration and usage of static routes can
improve a network’s performance and ensure
bandwidth for important network
applications.
■ Configuring a static route
■ Application
IPv6 BGP IPv6 BGP Configuration BGP4+ puts IPv6 network layer information
into the attributes of Network Layer
IPv6 BGP Commands
Reachable Information (NLRI) and NEXT_HOP.
■ Configuring BGP4+ basic functions
■ Controlling route distribution and
reception
■ Configuring BGP4+ route attributes
IPv6 ISIS IPv6 IS-IS Configuration Supports multiple network protocols,
including IPv6 and supports two
IPv6 IS-IS Commands
Type-Length-Values (TLVs) and a new
Network Layer Protocol Identifier (NLPID)
■ Configuring IPv6-IS-IS basic functions
■ Configuring IPv6-IS-IS routing information
control
IPv6 OSPFv3 IPv6 OSPFv3 Configuration OSPF protocol supporting IPv6
IPv6 OSPFv3 Commands ■ Configuring OSPFv3 basic functions
■ Configuring OSPFv3 area parameters
■ Configuring OSPFv3 routing information
management
IPv6 RIPng IPv6 RIPng Configuration An extension of RIP-2 for IPv4
IPv6 RIPng Commands ■ Configuring RIPng basic functions
■ Configuring RIPng advanced functions
IPv6 Static IPv6 Static Routing Special routes that are manually configured by
Routing Configuration network administrators work well in simple
networks.
IPv6 Static Routing Commands
■ Configuring IPv6 static routes
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9

IP Multicast Volume
Table 6 Features in IP multicast volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
Multicast Multicast Overview Multicast overview. Layer 2 multicast is
Overview not supported.
■ Multicast models
■ Framework of multicast
■ Multicast packets forwarding
mechanism
18 CHAPTER 2: FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Table 6 Features in IP multicast volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
Multicast Multicast Routing and Forwarding Policies used for filtering the routing
Routing and Configuration information used in the RPF check
Forwarding
Multicast Routing and Forwarding ■ Multicast policy overview
Commands
■ Configuring a multicast policy
IGMP IGMP Configuration Internet group management protocol, a
protocol in the TCP/IP suite responsible
IGMP Commands
for management of IP multicast
members.
■ Configuring basic functions of IGMP
■ Adjusting IGMP performance
MSDP MSDP Configuration Multicast source protocol, an
interdomain multicast solution based on
MSDP Commands
interconnection between multiple
PIM-SM domains.
■ Configuring basic functions of MSDP
■ Configuring an MSDP peer
connection
■ Configuring SA messages
PIM PIM Configuration Protocol independent multicast, provides
IP multicast forwarding by leveraging
PIM Commands
unicast routes generated by any unicast
routing protocols.
■ Configuring PIM-DM
■ Configuring PIM-SM
■ Configuring PIM-SSM
■ Configuring PIM Common
Information
IPv6 Multicast IPv6 Multicast Routing and Overview of IPv6 multicast
Routing and Forwarding Configuration
Forwarding
IPv6 Multicast Routing and
Forwarding Commands
MLD MLD Configuration Used by an IPv6 router to discover the
presence of multicast listeners on
MLD Commands
directly-attached subnets.
■ Configuring Basic Functions of MLD
■ Adjusting MLD Performance
IPv6 PIM IPv6 PIM Configuration Protocol independent multicast for IPv6
IPv6 PIM Commands ■ Configuring IPv6 PIM-DM
■ Configuring IPv6 PIM-SM
■ Configuring IPv6 PIM-SSM
■ Configuring IPv6 PIM Common
Information
Multicast Multicast VPN Configuration ■ Multicast VPN Overview
VPN
Multicast VPN Commands ■ How MD-VPN Works
■ Configuring MD-VPN
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9
 Feature Description 19

MPLS&VPN Volume
Table 7 Features in MPLS&VPN volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
MPLS Basics MPLS Basics Configuration ■ MPLS configuration basics
Configuratio
MPLS Basics Commands ■ LDP overview
n
■ Configuring MPLS basic capability
■ Configuring PHP
■ Configuring a static LSP
■ Configuring MPLS LDP
■ Configuring LDP instances
■ Configuring MPLS TTL processing
MPLS TE MPLS TE Configuration ■ MPLS TE overview
MPLS TE Commands ■ Configuring MPLS TE basic capabilities
■ Creating MPLS TE tunnel over static CR-LSP
■ Configuring MPLS TE tunnel with dynamic
signaling protocol
■ Configuring RSVP-TE advanced features
■ Tuning CR-LSP setup
■ Tuning MPLS TE tunnel setup
■ Configuring traffic forwarding
■ Configuring traffic forwarding tuning
parameters
■ Configuring automatic bandwidth
adjustment
■ Configuring CR-LSP backup
■ Configuring FRR
MPLS L2VPN MPLS L2VPN Configuration Supports multiple link-layer protocols to
provide L2VPN services based on different
MPLS L2VPN Commands
media on an MPLS network.
■ Configuring MPLS L2VPN
■ Configuring CCC MPLS L2VPN
■ Configuring SVC MPLS L2VPN
■ Configuring Martini MPLS L2VPN
■ Configuring Kompella MPLS L2VPN
MPLS L3VPN MPLS L3VPN Configuration MPLS VPN is a L3VPN technology based on PE
in a VPN solution for carriers.
MPLS L3VPN Commands
■ Configuring VPN instances
■ Configuring basic BGP/MPLS VPN
■ Configuring Inter-Provider VPN
■ Configuring Multi-Role Host
■ Configuring HoVPN
■ Configuring OSPF Sham Link
■ Configuring multi-VPN-instance CE
■ Configuring BGP AS number substitution
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Table 7 Features in MPLS&VPN volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
DVPN DVPN Configuration DVPN overview and DVPN configuration
DVPN Commands ■ Configuring AAA
■ Configuring the VAM Server
■ Configuring the VAM Client
■ Configuring an IPSec Profile
■ Configuring the DVPN Tunnel Parameters
■ Configuring a DVPN Route
GRE GRE Configuration A protocol designed for performing
encapsulation of one network layer protocol
GRE Commands
over another network layer protocol.
■ GER overview
■ Configuring a GRE over IPv4 tunnel
■ Configuring a GRE over IPv6 tunnel
L2TP L2TP Configuration Defines an encapsulation mechanism for
transporting multiprotocol packets over Layer
L2TP Commands
2 (L2) point-to-point links
■ LAC configuration
■ LNS configuration
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9

QoS Volume
Table 8 Features in QoS volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
QoS QoS Configuration Quality of service, evaluates the service
performance for those network core
QoS Commands
requirements during packet transmission
process, such as: delay, jitter and packet loss
ratio.
Peak rate and hardware queues are not
supported.
■ Traffic classification, policing, and shaping
■ QoS policy configuration
■ Congestion management
■ Priority mapping
■ Congestion avoidance
■ MPLS QoS configuration
■ DAR configuration
■ Frame Relay QoS configuration
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9
 Feature Description 21

Security Volume
Table 9 Features in security volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
802.1x 802.1x Configuration 802.1x is a port-based access control
protocol. It authenticates and controls
802.1x Commands
accessing devices at the level of port.
■ 802.1 basic configuration
■ 802.1x advanced configuration
■ Guest VLAN configuration
AAA RADIUS AAA RADIUS HWTACACS Authentication, authorization and
HWTACACS Configuration accounting (AAA) provide a uniform
framework used for configuring these three
AAA RADIUS HWTACACS
security functions to implement the network
Commands
security management.
■ AAA configuration
■ RADIUS configuration
■ HWTACACS configuration
Firewall(ACL Firewall(ACL ASPF PAM) Firewall can prevent unauthorized or
ASPF PAM) Configuration unauthenticated users on the Internet from
accessing a protected network while
Firewall(ACL ASPF PAM)
allowing the users on the internal network
Commands
to access web sites on the Internet and
transceive E-mails.
■ Configuring a Packet Filter Firewall
■ Configuring an ASPF
MAC MAC Authentication MAC address authentication controls user
Authenticatio Configuration network access based on port and MAC
n address.
MAC Authentication Commands
■ MAC authentication basic configuration
■ MAC authentication advanced
configuration
NAT NAT Configuration Network Address Translation (NAT) is to
translate the IP address in IP data packet
NAT Commands
header into another IP address, which is
mainly used to implement private network
accessing external network in practice.
■ Configuring EASY IP
■ Configuring static NAT
■ Configuring Many-to-many NAT
■ Configuring many-to-one NAPT
■ Configuring Internal Server
■ Configuring NAT Log
■ Configuring Connection Limit
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Table 9 Features in security volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
PKI PKI Configuration Public key infrastructure (PKI) is a system
which uses public key technology and digital
PKI Commands
certificate to protect system security and
authenticate digital certificate users.
■ Generating an RSA pair for PKI
■ Configuring PKI certificate registration
■ Submitting a PKI certificate request
■ Configuring PKI certificate validation
■ Configuring access control policy of
certificate attribute
PORTAL Portal Configuration Portal authentication
Portal Commands ■ Portal authentication basic configuration
■ Portal authentication advanced
configuration
Rsh Rsh Configuration Users can use the Rsh command to execute
commands on the host of the client end.
Rsh Commands
■ Rsh configuration
ACL ACL Configuration Access control list, to implement traffic
identification function
ACL Commands
Traffic template is not supported.
■ Time-Based ACL
■ Basic IPv4 ACL configuration
■ Advanced IPv4 ACL configuration
■ Ethernet frame header ACL
configuration
■ User-defined ACL configuration
■ Basic IPv6 ACL configuration
■ Advanced IPv6 ACL configuration
IPSec IPSec Configuration Layer 3 tunnel encryption protocol defined
by IETF, which provides security for IP data
IPSec Commands
packets transmitted on the Internet.
■ Configuring an IPSec proposal
■ Configuring an IPSec policy
■ Configuring an IPSec policy template
■ Applying an IPSec policy
■ Configuring an encryption card IPSec
policy
■ Configuring encryption switch fabric
■ Configuring fast forwarding for
encryption card
■ Configuring an IKE proposal
■ Configuring an IKE peer
■ Configuring IKE keepalive timer
 Feature Description 23

Table 9 Features in security volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
SSH2.0 SSH2.0 Configuration Security shell. When routers are connected
by remote users across insecure networks,
SSH2.0 Commands
secure shell (SSH) can provide them
authentication and security.
■ Configuring the SSH server
■ Configuring the SSH client
■ Configuring the device as an SSH client
SSL SSL Configuration Secure sockets layer
SSL Commands ■ Configuring SSL server policy
■ Configuring SSL client policy
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9

System Volume
Table 10 Features in system volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
GR GR Overview Perfect restart. When routing protocol is
restarted, the forwarding service will not be
terminated.
■ Supports only FIB6, ISIS and BGP
protocol-level GR
Backup Backup Center Module in charge of backup, providing backup
Center Configuration for the device interface.
Backup Center Commands ■ Introduction to backup center settings
■ Configuring Main/backup Mode
■ Configuring Loading Sharing
VRRP VRRP Configuration Virtual routing redundancy protocol, with
which the system can still provide highly reliable
VRRP Commands
default links without changing configurations
when a device fails.
■ IPv6 based VRRP configuration
Device Device Management Through the device management function,
Management Configuration users can view the current working state of
devices, configure operation parameters, and
Device Management
perform daily device maintenance and
Commands
management.
Validity check of BootROM is not supported.
■ Configuring device management
NQA NQA Configuration Detects the availability and the response time of
DHCP, FTP, HTTP, and SNMP services and
NQA Commands
provides test results
■ Configuring NQA Tests
■ Configuring Optional Parameters for NQA
Tests
■ Enhanced Ping functions
24 CHAPTER 2: FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Table 10 Features in system volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
NetStream NetStream Configuration NetStream provides the packet statistics
function.
NetStream Commands
■ Configuring NetStream Statistics
■ Configuring NetStream Aggregation
Statistics
■ Configuring Attributes of NetStream UDP
Packets
■ Configuring NetStream Statistics Aging
NTP NTP Configuration Network time protocol, used for time
synchronization between distributed time
NTP Commands
server and the client.
■ Configuring the operation modes of NTP
■ Configuring the local clock as a reference
source
■ Configuring optional parameters of NTP
■ Configuring access-control rights
■ Configuring NTP authentication
RMON RMON Configuration Remote monitoring, making SNMP monitor
remote network devices more effectively and
RMON Commands
proactively.
■ RMON configuration
SNMP SNMP Configuration Simple network management protocol, a frame
using TCP/IP protocol suite to manage devices
SNMP Commands
on the Internet
■ Configuring SNMP basic functions
■ Configuring Trap
File File Management Manages storage devices and store files in
Management Configuration these devices.
File Management ■ File system management
Commands
■ Configuring FTP
■ Configuring TFTP
System System Maintenance and For the protocols and features supported on
Maintenance Debugging Configuration the device, the system provides corresponding
and debugging functions to help users diagnose
System Maintenance and
Debugging and locate errors
Debugging Commands
■ Configuring system debugging
■ Configuring ping and tracert
Basic System Basic System Configuration ■ Basic system configuration
Configuration Operation
Basic System Configuration
Commands
Information Information Center Acting as the system information hub,
Center Configuration information center classifies and manages
system information.
Information Center
Commands ■ Configuring the information center
 Feature Description 25

Table 10 Features in system volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
User Interface User Interface Configuration User interface view is a feature that allows you
to manage asynchronous serial interfaces that
User Interface Commands
work in flow mode. By operating under user
interface view, you can centralize the
management of various configurations.
■ Configuring asynchronous interface
attributes
■ Configuring terminal attributes
■ Configuring modem attributes
■ Configuring the auto-execute command
■ Configuring user privilege level
■ Configuring access restriction to VTY user
interfaces
■ Configuring supported protocols on VTY
user interfaces
■ Configuring redirection function on the
asynchronous serial interface
■ Configuring authentication mode at login
MAC Address MAC Address Table A device maintains a MAC address table for
Table Management Configuration frame forwarding. Each entry in this table
Management indicates the MAC address of a connected
MAC Address Table
device, to which interface this device is
Management Commands
connected and to which VLAN the interface
belongs.
■ Configuring the MAC address table
Automatic Automatic Configuration Introduction to Automatic Configuration
Configuration
POE POE Configuration Introduction to PoE
POE Commands
OAP Module1 OAP Module Configuration OAP Module Overview
OAP Module Commands
ACFP ACFP Configuration Introduction to ACFP and configuration
ACFP Commands
ACSEI ACSEI Configuration ACSEI server configuration and ACSEI client
configuration
ACSEI Commands
Track Track Configuration Track overview and configuration
Track Commands
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9
1 Note that in some regions, the OAP module is sold as the OSM module. Both modules are functionally the
same.
26 CHAPTER 2: FEATURE DESCRIPTION

IPX Volume
Table 11 Features in IPX volume

Feature Operation and command manual Feature description

IPX IPX Configuration IPX is a connectionless protocol. Such
functions as confirmation of forwarding
IPX Commands
success and connection control are
provided by the protocol at the layer
above IPX.
■ Configuring IPX basic functions
■ Configuring IPX routing
■ Configuring IPX SAP
■ Configuring the IPX Forwarding
Feature
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9

Voice Volume
Table 12 Features in voice volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
VoIP VoIP Overview Introduction to VoIP
Overview
■ Basic VoIP call flow
■ Configuring VoIP features
■ Voice subscriber line
■ Voice entity
■ Protocol
■ Dial plan
VoIP VoIP Configuration The application of VoIP on routers makes it
possible for an IP network to carry voice
VoIP Commands
services.
■ Configuring voice subscriber line
■ Configuring voice entity
Dial Plan Dial Plan Configuration A dial program can help voice gateways to
manage numbers in a unified way and
Dial Plan Commands
create a management policy for all
numbers, making number management
more convenient and reasonable.
■ Dial plan process
■ Dial plan configuration
E1 and T1 E1 and T1 Configuration E1/T1 voice implements VoIP on E1/T1 line,
allowing the router to provide more
E1 and T1 Commands
channels of voice communication, greatly
improving router utilization and broadening
service range.
■ E1/T1 interface
■ E1/T1 voice functions
■ E1/T1 configuration
Fax over IP Fax over IP Configuration Implements sending and receiving of fax
over the Internet
Fax over IP Commands
■ Introduction to FoIP
■ FoIP configuration
 Feature Description 27

Table 12 Features in voice volume

Operation and command

Feature manual Feature description
H.323 H.323 Configuration GK (gate keeper) configuration for H.323
voice gateway, combining the voice
H.323 Commands
gateway with GK, thus implementing the
VoIP function.
■ Introduction
■ H.323 architecture
■ H.323 gateway configuration
SIP SIP Configuration Session initiation protocol, an application
layer protocol used for initiating, modifying
SIP Commands
and stopping a multimedia session
■ Introduction to SIP
■ Introduction to SIP configuration tasks
■ Basic SIP UA configuration
■ Advanced SIP UA configuration
VoFR VoFR Configuration Voice over frame relay enables a router to
transmit voice and voice-band data over a
VoFR Commands
frame relay network.
■ Configuring VoFR Entity
■ Configuring VoFR Voice Bandwidth
■ Configuring Dynamic Mode
■ Configuring FRF.11 Trunk Mode
Voice Voice RADIUS Configuration Voice RADIUS configuration
RADIUS
Voice RADIUS Commands
Call Services Call Services Configuration ■ Configuring Call Waiting
Call Services Commands ■ Configuring Call Hold
■ Configuring Call Forwarding
■ Configuring Call Transfer
■ Configuring Hunt Group
■ Configuring Incoming Call Barring
■ Configuring Outgoing Call Barring
■ Configuring FEATURE Service
■ Configuring a Number Priority Peer
Return to “Functional Modules Index of Basic” on page 9
28 CHAPTER 2: FEATURE DESCRIPTION
 LOGGING ONTO MSR SERIES
3 ROUTERS

Logging onto an MSR You can log onto the MSR 20/30/50 series routers in the following ways:
Series Router ■ Local login through Console port
■ Telneting to the router through an Ethernet interface
■ Remote login through AUX port or TTY port using Modem dialup
■ Login through NMS

Local login through Console port and telneting to the router through an Ethernet
interface are the most frequently used login methods in application. In this manual
we introduce these two login methods in details.

Local Login Through the Setting up local configuration environment

Console Port To set up the local configuration environment, RJ-45 connector of the console
cable needs to be connected to the console port on the router, and DB-9
connector to the serial interface of a PC, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 1 Local login through the console port

Console

PC Router

Setting the parameters for the console terminal

Set terminal parameters, taking the hyper terminal on Windows as an example. In
the Serial Attribute dialog box, set the baud rate to 9600, data bit to 8, no parity
check, stop bit to 1, and flow control to none. As shown in the following figure:
30 CHAPTER 3: LOGGING ONTO MSR SERIES ROUTERS

Figure 2 Setting serial interface parameters

Select the terminal emulation type to be VT100 or auto detect.

 Logging onto an MSR Series Router 31

Figure 3 Setting terminal type

After setting all parameters, click [Enter], and you can configure the router.

Telneting to the Router Setting up configuration environment

Through the Ethernet Connect the router to a network through the Ethernet interface.
Interface
Figure 4 Telnet to the server

Server Client
Configuring the router
Before you perform remote login onto the router, you must configure the router.
You must perform local configuration through Console port when you first
configure the router.

Perform the following configuration on the router:

# Enter system view.

Press ENTER to get started.

<H3C>system-view
 32 CHAPTER 3: LOGGING ONTO MSR SERIES ROUTERS

# Enable Telnet server.

[H3C]telnet server enable

% Start Telnet server

# Configure the IP address of the interface that connects to the Internet. You can
change this IP address to what is in use.

[H3C]interface ethernet0/0
[H3C-ethernet0/0]ip address 192.168.0.1 24

# Enter vty interface view.

[H3C]user-interface vty 0

# Set login password to 123456 and priority to 2.

[H3C-ui-vty0]set authentication password cipher 123456

[H3C-ui-vty0]user privilege level 2

Logging onto the router

Ensure the reachability between the terminal and the router, and then you can log
onto the router remotely.
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* All rights reserved (2004-2006) *
* Without the owner’s prior written consent, *
* no decompiling or reverse-switch fabricering shall be allowed. *
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Login authentication

Password:
<H3C> system-view
[H3C]

Enter password 123456 when the system prompts entering the password. You can
perform operations on the router after entering the correct password.

Introduction to User
Interface

User Interface
Table 13 Introduction to user interface
Supported on MSR
Series Routers User interface Corresponding user Port type Description
Console user User logging through Console port There is only one
interface Console port Console user for each
router
TTY user User logging through TTY interface Different products
interface TTY interface support different
numbers of users. Use
the display
user-interface
command to check it.
 Introduction to User Interface 33

Table 13 Introduction to user interface

User interface Corresponding user Port type Description

AUX user User logging through AUX port There is only one AUX
interface AUX port user for each router
VTY user Telnet user and SSH Ethernet interface Up to five VTY users
interface user can be supported by
each router.

User Interface User interface of the system falls into four categories, and is arranged in certain
Numbering for the order:
Router
They are Console (CON), Auxiliary port (AUX), virtual interface (VTY) and physical
terminal interface (TTY).There is only one user interface for console and auxiliary
port, while multiple user interfaces for VTY and TTY interface, each type of these
multiple user interfaces being arranged in order.

User interface is numbered in the following two ways: absolute number and
relative number.

1 Absolute number

The beginning number of absolute number is 0 (Namely, Console port), and the
rest interfaces can be deduced by analogy. Console port and Aux port occupy one
number respectively; For VTY interface and TTY interface, different products
support different numbers of user interfaces. Use the display user-interface
command to view them. Absolute number can uniquely specify one user interface
or one group of user interfaces.

■ Console user interface is numbered 0.

■ TTY user interface is numbered after Console user interface and before Aux
user interface.
■ Number of AUX user interface is the absolute number of TTY plus one.
■ VTY user interface is numbered after AUX user interface. Absolute number of
the first VTY is incremented by 1 than the AUX user interface number.
2 Relative number

Relative number, represented by “+ number” assigned to each type of user

interface. It follows the rules below:

■ Console user interface is numbered CON 0.

■ Number of TTY user interface: The first TTY user interface is designated as
TTY0, the second one is designated as TTY1 and so on.
■ AUX user interface is numbered AUX 0.
■ Number of VTY user interface: The first VTY user interface is designated as
VTY0, the second one is designated as VTY1 and so on.
34 CHAPTER 3: LOGGING ONTO MSR SERIES ROUTERS
 REGISTERING THE SOFTWARE
4
Software register is provided on the device to protect the authorized users’ legal
rights to use the software. Trial period is set on the software with this function and
users are required to register the serial number of the software in the trial period.
If the software has not been registered until the trial period expires, the system
automatically restarts every 30 minutes.

You can obtain a registration serial number through buying letter of authorization
of the software.

You can use the license register serial-number command or log onto the
network management interface and then enter the serial number to finish
software registration; and you can use the display license command or log onto
the network management interface to view the soft registration information of
the device.

Follow these steps to register the software:

To do... Use the command... Remarks

Register the software license register Required
serial-number
Available in user view
Display the information display license any view
36 CHAPTER 4: REGISTERING THE SOFTWARE
 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE
5

n This manual uses H3C MSR 50 series routers as an example.

Introduction

Files BootROM program file

The file is used for booting application at boot. A complete BootROM file includes
two segments: basic and extended.

Application program file

The router is available with Dual Image function. By default, the system defines
and attempts to boot in order with three boot files: main, backup, and secure,
provided they are available with CF card. If the router fails to boot with the secure
boot file, it prompts the boot failure. For more information about the boot files,
refer to “Maintaining Application Program and Configuration File” on page 55.

The following table gives default names and types of boot files.

Table 14 Default names and types of the boot files

Boot file File name File type

Main boot file main.bin M
Backup boot file backup.bin B
Secure boot file secure.bin S

n ■ The application programs for system boot can be type M, B and S, but not type
N. You can store them in Flash memory, but only one for each. For example, if
an M+B file exists, it is impossible to have another M or B file. If you change the
file type of another file to B, the M+B file becomes a type M file.
■ You can modify the file name of an application file in CF card using the
command after it boots. You cannot modify the file type of a type S application
image file, but you can modify the file type of type M/B and N application
program files in the BootROM menu or using commands after the application
program boots.
■ Secure boot file is the last resort for system boot. You can download it in the
BootROM menu and must name it secure.bin. However, you cannot modify this
file or change the type of another file to S. If you change the name of the
secure boot file with the rename command after the system boots, the file is
removed from CF card. To use the secure boot file after that, you need to
download it again.
38 CHAPTER 5: SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

Configuration file
The file stores configuration information of the router.

By default, the system defines and attempts to boot in order with three
configuration files: main, backup, and default, provided they are available with CF
card. If the router fails to boot with the secure boot file, it prompts the boot
failure. For more information about the boot files, refer to “Maintaining
Application Program and Configuration File” on page 55.

The following table describes the three configuration files.

Table 15 Description on the three configuration files

Configuration file File type Description

Main configuration file M Used by the system for booting by default.
Backup configuration B Used by the system for booting when it fails to boot
file with the main configuration file.
Default configuration M/B/N Used by the system for booting when it fails to boot
file with the backup configuration file. If the system fails
to boot with the default configuration file, it boots
with null configuration. The name of the default
configuration file has something to do with the
router brand. The main and backup configuration
operations on the default configuration file is the
same with common configuration files.

n ■ The configuration files for system boot can be type M, B and default
configuration file of type N, but not non-default configuration file of type N
(i.e. neither M nor B).
■ You can modify the file name of a configuration file in CF card using the
command after it boots. You cannot modify the type of the default
configuration file, but you can modify the file type of type M/B and N
configuration files in the BootROM menu or using commands after the
application program boots.

You can store them in Flash memory, but only one for each. For example, if an
M+B file exists, it is impossible to have another M or B file. If you change the file
type of another file to B, the M+B file becomes a type M file.

c CAUTION:
■ The file name cannot be longer than 64 characters (including drive letter and a
string terminator. If the drive letter is “CF:/”, the file name can be at most [
64-1-4 ] = 59 characters in length; or, errors will occur in file operation.
Typically, the file name is recommended to be not more than 16 characters.
■ The extension ASCII characters (ASCII>=128) and invisible characters (ASCII<33)
cannot be included in the file name.
■ The following characters cannot be included in the file name: ", ‘, ?, , space, *,
|, <, /, :, >, ~.
■ The character “.” can be included in the file name, but cannot be the first or
last character of the file name. Two consecutive “.”s are not allowed.
 BootROM Menu 39

Software Maintenance Upgrading BootROM and application program using XMODEM protocol
Methods through an serial interface.

Upgrading application program from TFTP/FTP server through an Ethernet

interface in BootROM.

Uploading/downloading application program and configuration file from

TFTP/FTP server via command lines.

n ■ BootROM program is upgraded through binding with the Comware version.

You do not need to upgrade it separately. The system automatically upgrades
BootROM to be the latest version while upgrading Comware.
■ Check the current version of BootROM and application program before
upgrading. For the association between Comware version and BootROM
program, see the corresponding Release Notes.

Figure 5 Upgrade BootROM and Comware under Comware V5 environment

Start

Comware version

N
Upgrade Comware ?

Choose correct Comware

Choose upgrade mode

Via network
interface

Xmodem
upgrade
TFTP FTP
upgrade upgrade

Upgrade

End

BootROM Menu

Main BootROM Menu When the router is powered on and reboots, the console terminal displays:
InitDDR

Proceed to boot, and the system prompts:

system start booting......Version 2.11

Press CTRL+D to stop auto-boot
Booting Normal Extend BootRom
Decompressing...done!
Ensure the baudrate is set to 9600bps!Starting at 0xa00000...
40 CHAPTER 5: SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

*******************************************************
* *
* H3C MSR50-40 BOOTROM, Version 2.11 *
* *
*******************************************************

Copyright(c) 2004-2007 Hangzhou H3C Technology Co., Ltd.

Compiled date: Apr 09 2007, 08:52:28
CPU type : MPC8541
CPU L1 Cache : 32KB
CPU L2 Cache : 256KB
CPU Clock Speed : 833MHz
Memory Type : DDR SDRAM
Memory Size : 512MB
Memory Speed : 333MHz
BootRom Size : 4096KB
CPLD Version is 1.00
HardWare Version is 3.00
CF Card is Inserted, now is mounting...
cf:/ - Volume is OK
Mount CF Card OK!
CF Card Size:256MByte
Press Ctrl+B to enter extended boot menu...

n The extended BootROM menu is referred to as main BootROM menu in this

manual except for special statement.

Press <Ctrl+B> when it displays “Press Ctrl+B to enter extended boot menu...”.
Then, the system prompts:

Please input Boot ROM password:

You have three chances to provide the correct BootROM password (the initial
setting is void). If you fail to do that, you need to reboot the system. After you
enter the correct password, the console screen displays.

===================<EXTEND-BOOTROM MENU>=====================
| <1> Boot From CF Card |
| <2> Enter Serial SubMenu |
| <3> Enter Ethernet SubMenu |
| <4> File Control |
| <5> Modify Bootrom Password |
| <6> Ignore System Configuration |
| <7> Boot Rom Operation Menu |
| <8> Clear Super Password |
| <9> Device Operation |
| <a> Reboot |
=============================================================
Enter your choice(1-a):

The menu is defined as follows:

 BootROM Menu 41

Table 16 Main BootROM menu

Menu item Description

<1> Boot From CF Card Boot from the CF card.
<2> Enter Serial SubMenu Enter serial submenu. Refer to “Enter serial submenu”
on page 41 for details.
<3> Enter Ethernet SubMenu Enter Ethernet submenu. Refer to “Enter Ethernet
interface submenu” on page 42 for details.
<4> File Control File control submenu. Refer to “File control submenu”
on page 42 for details.
<5> Modify Bootrom Password Modify BootROM password.
<6> Ignore System Configuration Ignore system configuration.
<7> Boot Rom Operation Menu BootROM operation submenu. Refer to “BootROM
operation submenu” on page 43 for details.
<8> Clear Super Password Delete super password.
<9> Device Operation Device Operation menu, which is used to select
memory device.
<a> Reboot Reboot the router.

BootROM Submenus Enter serial submenu

This submenu can be used for upgrading application program, changing serial
baud rate, and other operations.

Enter <2> under the main BootROM menu to enter the serial submenu:

======================<SERIAL SUB-MENU>======================
|Note:the operating device is CF Card |
| <1> Download Application Program To SDRAM And Run |
| <2> Update Main Application File |
| <3> Update Backup Application File |
| <4> Update Secure Application File |
| <5> Modify Serial Interface Parameter |
| <6> Exit To Main Menu |
=============================================================
Enter your choice(1-6):

The menu is defined as follows:

Table 17 BootROM serial submenu

Menu item Description

<1> Download Application Program To Download the application program to SDRAM and
SDRAM And Run run it.
<2> Update Main Application File Upgrade the main application file.
<3> Update Backup Application File Upgrade the backup application file.
<4> Update Secure Application File Upgrade the secure application file.
<5> Modify Serial Interface Parameter Modify serial interface parameter.
<6> Exit To Main Menu Exit to the main menu.
42 CHAPTER 5: SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE

Enter Ethernet interface submenu

Enter <3> in BootROM menu to enter the Ethernet interface submenu. The system
displays:
====================<ETHERNET SUB-MENU>======================
|Note:the operating device is CF Card |
| <1> Download Application Program To SDRAM And Run |
| <2> Update Main Application File |
| <3> Update Backup Application File |
| <4> Update Secure Application File |
| <5> Change Ethernet Parameter |
| <6> Exit To Main Menu |
| < Ensure The Parameter Be Modified Before Downloading! > |
=============================================================
Enter your choice(1-6):

The menu is defined as follows:

Table 18 Enter Ethernet interface submenu

Menu item Description

<1> Download Application Program To Download application program to SDRAM and run
SDRAM And Run it.
<2> Update Main Application File Upgrade the main application file.
<3> Update Backup Application File Upgrade the backup application file.
<4> Update Secure Application File Upgrade the secure application file.
<5> Change Ethernet Parameter Modify Ethernet parameters.
<6> Exit To Main Menu Exit to the main menu.

File control submenu

Enter <4> under the main BootROM menu to enter the file control submenu.
Through this submenu, the system can display application program file type in
memory, modify file name and delete files. The prompt is shown below:
========================<File CONTROL>=======================
|Note:the operating device is CF Card |
| <1> Display All File |
| <2> Set Application File type |
| <3> Set Configuration File type |
| <4> Delete File |
| <5> Exit To Main Menu |
=============================================================

Enter your choice(1-5):

The submenu is defined as follows:

Table 19 File control submenu

Menu item Description

<1> Display All File Display all files.
<2> Set Application File type Set application file type.
<3> Set Configuration File type Set configuration file type.
<4> Delete File Delete files.
 Upgrading BootROM Through Serial Interface 43

Table 19 File control submenu

Menu item Description

<5> Exit To Main Menu Exit to the main BootROM menu.

BootROM operation submenu

Enter <7> under the main BootROM menu to enter the BootROM operation
menu:
=====================<BOOT ROM OPERATION>====================
|Note:the operating device is CF Card |
| <1> Backup Full Boot ROM |
| <2> Restore Full Boot ROM |
| <3> Update Full Boot ROM With XModem |
| <4> Update Extended Boot ROM With XModem |
| <5> Update Basic Boot ROM With XModem |
| <6> Exit To Main Menu |
| Note:When Update Full/Extended/Basic BootRom,they are the |
| same file |
=============================================================
Enter your choice(1-6):

The submenu is defined as follows:

Table 20 BootROM operation submenu

Menu item Description

<1> Backup Full Boot ROM Backup full BootROM.
<2> Restore Full Boot ROM Restore full BootROM.
<3> Update Full Boot ROM With Update full BootROM through XMODEM.
XModem
<4> Update Extended Boot ROM With Update extended BootROM through XMODEM.
XModem
<5> Update Basic Boot ROM With Update basic BootROM through XMODEM.
XModem
<6> Exit To Main Menu Exit to the main menu.

Upgrading BootROM Use XMODEM to upgrade BootROM through serial interface.

Through Serial
Interface

Modifying Serial Sometimes, we need to change the serial baud rate to higher in order to save
Interface Parameters upgrading time, or to lower to guarantee transmission reliability. This section
depicts how to adjust serial baud rate.

Enter <2> under the main BootROM menu to enter the serial submenu. Then,
enter <5>, and the system prompts to change serial baud rate.

========================<BAUDRATE SET>=======================
|Note: Change The HyperTerminal’s Baudrate Accordingly, |
| Press ’Enter’ to exit with things untouched. |
|--------------------<Baudrate Avaliable>-------------------|
| <1> 9600(Default) |
| <2> 19200 |
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| <3> 38400 |
| <4> 57600 |
| <5> 115200 |
| <6> Exit |
=============================================================
Enter Your Choice(1-6):

Select a baud rate, <5> for 115200 bps for example. The following prompt
appears:

Change the baudrate on PC side first!

Since the router serial baud rate is modified to 115200 bps, whereas the terminal
baud rate remains to be 9600 bps, they can not communicate with each other.
Change the baud rate of your terminal to the same as that for software download.

Perform the following operation:

Figure 6 Disconnect terminal

Click [File/Properties], and press <Configure...> to change baud rate to 115200

bps:
 Upgrading BootROM Through Serial Interface 45

Figure 7 Modify baud rate

Click [Call/Call] to establish new connection.

Figure 8 Establish new connection

Then, press <Enter> to prompt current configuration baud rate and return to the
previous menu.

The system prompts:

The current baudrate is 115200

n Restore the baud rate in the HyperTerminal to 9600 bps (the default) after
upgrading the BootROM. This is to ensure that information can be displayed on
the console screen after system boot or reboot.

Upgrading BootROM First, enter <7> under the main BootROM menu (refer to “Main BootROM Menu”
on page 39) to enter the BootROM operation submenu, under which all BootROM
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operations are completed. Refer to “BootROM operation submenu” on page 43

for detailed descriptions.

For example, when you upgrade full BootROM:

First, change serial baud rate to speed up upgrading (refer to “Modifying Serial
Interface Parameters” on page 43 for details), and then enter <3> under
BootROM operation menu. The system prompts:

Select program file please.

Waiting...CC

Select [Transfer/Send file...] in the [HyperTerminal] window. The following window

pops up:

Figure 9 Send File dialog box

In the displayed [Send File] dialog box, click <Browse...> to select the application
program file to be downloaded, and select XMODEM for the [Protocol] field. Then
click <Send>. The following interface appears:

Figure 10 Sending File interface

 Upgrading Application Program Through Serial Interface 47

After completing download, the following information appears on term

inal interface to indicate download and upgrade success:
Download successfully!
434432 bytes downloaded!
Updating Extend BTM
Updating Extended BootRom.

n ■ The file name, size and path vary in different situations. Check the current
version of BootROM and application program in order to use correct file.
■ This method only upgrades a part of BootROM. You can re-upgrade when
error occurs.

Upgrading Application Upgrading of application program through serial interface is implemented under
Program Through serial submenu. Enter <2> under the main BootROM menu to enter the serial
Serial Interface submenu. Refer to “Enter serial submenu” on page 41 for detailed descriptions.

For example, when you upgrade application program:

First, change serial baud rate to speed up upgrading (refer to “Modifying Serial
Interface Parameters” on page 43 for details), and then enter <2> under serial
submenu. The system prompts:

Select program file please.

Waiting...CC

Select application program file and send it. Upgrading application program with
serial port takes the similar steps with upgrading BootROM. Refer to “Upgrading
BootROM” on page 45 for details.

n Application program often takes over 10M.Even if the baud rate is changed to
115200 bps, the upgrading takes about 30 minutes. Therefore, it is recommended
you upgrade through Ethernet interface.

Upgrading Application Enter <3> under the main BootROM menu to enter the Ethernet interface
Program Through submenu. Refer to “Enter Ethernet interface submenu” on page 42 for details.
Ethernet Interface

Configuring Ethernet Before upgrading application program through Ethernet interface, we need to
Parameters configure the Ethernet interface of the router, as follows:

Enter <3> under the main BootROM menu to enter the Ethernet Interface
submenu. Then, enter <5> to enter the Configure Ethernet interface menu:

Note: Two protocols for download, tftp & ftp.

You can modify the flags following the menu except the boot device.
tftp--0x80, ftp--0x0.

’.’ = clear field; ’-’ = go to previous field; Ctrl+D = quit

boot device : mottsec0 Boot device name. Cannot be changed.
processor number : 0 Processor number. Keep unchanged.
host name : host Host name. Keep unchanged.
file name : main.bin The download file name shall be cons
istent with the real file name, and you are asked to designate download path. Or
you can designate download path in FTP and TFTP settings.
inet on ethernet (e) : 192.168.80.10 Set to be in the same network with
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TFTP/FTP server. It has nothing to do with port IP address of the router.

inet on backplane (b): No need to set.
host inet (h) : 192.168.80.200 IP address of FTP/TFTP server.
gateway inet (g) : Gateway IP address. No need to set.
user (u) : guest User name FTP downloaded is used in
this setting. No need to consider in TFTP download.
ftp password (pw) (blank = use rsh): 123456 FTP downloads password. No need to
consider in TFTP download.
flags (f) : 0x80 Download flag. The flag is 0x0 with
FTP download, and 0x80 with TFTP download.
target name (tn) : No need to set. If set, it means th
e target file name saved in Flash memory. Alternatively, you may choose not to en
ter any name and use the file name used for the last upgrade instead.
startup script (s) : No need to set.
other (o) : No need to set.

n ■ When configuring parameters, enter new parameters directly; or press

<ENTER> to accept the default parameter coming after the colon, “.” for “clear
field”, “-” for “go to previous filed”, and “Ctrl+D” for “quit”.
■ Upon failure, the system prompts:
Loading failed
Please reboot the router to validate the reset IP address.

■ Do not modify the device name of the router; otherwise, the system prompts
“Boot device should not be modified” and skips to the next configuration item.
■ Only FE0 port can be used in MSR 20 routers, and GE0 port in MSR 30 and
MSR 50 routers.

Upgrading Application TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol of the TCP/IP suite that is used to
Program Through transfer trivial files between clients and the server. It provides not-so-complex and
Ethernet Interface low-cost file transfer services. Carried over UDP, TFTP provides unreliable data
transfer services and does not provide access authorization and authentication
mechanism. It employs timeout retransmission to guarantee the successful
transferring of data. TFTP takes much smaller size than FTP.

As an application layer protocol in the TCP/IP suite, FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
mainly transfers files among remote hosts. Carried over TCP, it provides reliable
and connection-oriented data transfer service but does not provide access
authorization and authentication mechanism.

Step 1: Set up an upgrade environment.

Figure 11 Set up FTP/TFTP upgrade environment

Ethernet

ROUTER PC
(TFTP/FTP (TFTP/FTP

Connect Ethernet port 0/0 to a PC by using a crossover cable. Start TFTP/FTP

program on the PC as the server, and set the path of TFTP/FTP server to point to
 Upgrading Application Program Through Ethernet Interface 49

the address of application program. You need to set user name and password if
FTP server is used.

c CAUTION: No TFTP/FTP Server is available with the H3C MSR 50 series. You must
install one yourself.

Step 2: Modify Ethernet parameters. Refer to “Configuring Ethernet Parameters”

on page 47 for details.

Step 3: Enter <3> to enter Ethernet submenu. For example, when upgrading main
application program, enter <2> to upgrade:

Loading...
Done!
14323376 bytes downloaded.
Input the File Name:

After the download is done, input the file name and begin to update:

Updating File main.bin........

Update Success!

Step 4: Enter <6> to exit to the main BootROM menu. Enter <1> to boot from the
CF card.

Step 5: Set the updated application program to be the main boot file, i.e. the
default boot file of the system.

Application program does not exist.

Now starting to download application program.
===================<EXTEND-BOOTROM MENU>=====================
| <1> Boot From CF Card |
| <2> Enter Serial SubMenu |
| <3> Enter Ethernet SubMenu |
| <4> File Control |
| <5> Modify Bootrom Password |
| <6> Ignore System Configuration |
| <7> Boot Rom Operation Menu |
| <8> Clear Super Password |
| <9> Device Operation |
| <a> Reboot |
=============================================================
Enter your choice(1-a):4

The system reboots. Enter <4> when it prompts the above information.

========================<File CONTROL>=======================
|Note:the operating device is CF Card |
| <1> Display All File |
| <2> Set Application File type |
| <3> Set Configuration File type |
| <4> Delete File |
| <5> Exit To Main Menu |
=============================================================
Enter your choice(1-5):2

Enter the file control submenu and enter <2> to set the application file type.
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Please set application file type in cf:

M=MAIN B=BACKUP S=SECURE N=NOTYPE

**************************************************************************
NO. Size(B) Time Type Name
0 15561860 Jul-10-2006 14:14 N cf:/main.bin
**************************************************************************
Enter File Name:cf:/main.bin

Select the application program as the main boot file, and enter its complete path
and file name.

Modify this file Attribute:

1. +Main
2. -Main
3. +Backup
4. -Backup
5. Exit
Enter your choice(1-5):1

Enter “1” to set the selected application program to be the main boot file, i.e. the
default boot file of the system.

Step 6: Enter <5> to exit to the main BootROM menu. Enter <1> to boot from the
CF card.

c CAUTION:
■ The file in the CF card will be overwritten if the file name being input is the
same as the original file name in the CF card.
■ Make sure the space on memory is sufficient. Or, the system prompts
insufficient space:
Updating File main.bin
Insufficient CF Card space or failed device writing operation

■ The file updated will directly replace the original file of this type to become the
only application program. The main.bin file downloaded here will replace the
original M file directly to become the main boot program.
■ Refer to “Files” on page 37 for detailed descriptions of file types.

Maintaining After booting the router normally, you can upgrade and backup application
Application Program program and backup and recover configurations under command line mode.
and Configuring
Through Command
Lines

Maintaining the Router The TFTP service provided by the router is TFTP Client - the router serves as TFTP
with TFTP Server Client, and the file server serves as TFTP Server. You can input commands to
upload the configuration file and application program of the router to the file
server, or download configuration file or application program to the router from
the file server.
 Maintaining Application Program and Configuring Through Command Lines 51

Configuring environment
Step 1: Set up hardware environment (refer to “Upgrading Application Program
Through Ethernet Interface” on page 48 for details), and point the server path to
the folder where the file is put.

Figure 12 Networking diagram for maintenance under command line mode

Ethernet

ROUTER PC
(TFTP/FTP (TFTP/FTP

Configure the IP addresses of the two sides to be in the same network. In this
section, the TFTP server is set to 192.168.0.1, and the Ethernet interface
connected to it (Ethernet interface 0/0 in this example; so, any interface is OK) is
set to 192.168.0.2. Both can use the ping command to check if the connection is
successful.

Backing up and recovering application program and configure file

After finishing environment building, perform the following operations:

View the files included in current file system with the dir command:

<H3C>dir
Directory of cf:/

0 -rw- 14323376 Apr 03 2006 15:36:48 main.bin

1 drw- - Mar 20 2006 09:55:28 logfile
2 -rw- 909 Apr 04 2006 10:54:38 configbak.cfg
3 -rw- 1045 Apr 04 2006 11:31:36 config.cfg
4 -rw- 14323376 Mar 31 2006 17:50:22 backup.bin

63340 KB total (20928 KB free)

File system type of cf: FAT32

<H3C>

Use the command as follows to backup the config.cfg file on the router to TFTP
server and save as config.bak:

<H3C>tftp 192.168.0.1 put config.cfg config.bak

File will be transferred in binary mode
Sending file to remote tftp server. Please wait...
TFTP: 1045 bytes sent in 0 second(s).
File uploaded successfully.

Use this command to download the config.cfg file on the server to the router:
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<H3C>tftp 192.168.0.1 get config.cfg config.cfg

The file config.cfg exists. Overwrite it?[Y/N]:y
Verifying server file...
Deleting the old file, please wait...
File will be transferred in binary mode
Downloading file from remote tftp server, please wait...<HardReturn
TFTP: 1045 bytes received in 0 second(s)
File downloaded successfully.

If a config.cfg file already exists in the router, select <Y/y> to overwrite it.

c CAUTION:
■ If a config.cfg file already exists on the server, it will be overwritten.
■ The above operations are performed under user view.
■ The backup configuration file can be modified by text editor. The configuration
file modified during download process can modify the configuration, and the
modification takes effect after rebooting. Similarly, you can also download
application program to the router to overwrite the old main program to
upgrade the application program.

Maintaining the Router Maintaining the router when it serves as the server
with FTP Server FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is an application layer protocol in the TCP/IP suite. It
mainly transfers files among remote hosts. Carried over TCP, it provides reliable
and connection-oriented data transfer service but does not provide access
authorization and authentication mechanism.

The FTP service provided by the router is FTP Server, that is to say, the router serves
as the FTP Server. You can run FTP Client to log onto the router and access files on
the router.

Install FTP Client before using FTP. No FTP Server is available with the H3C MSR 50
series. You must install one yourself. Take the FTP Client with Windows XP for
example.

Step 1: Build hardware maintenance environment as follows:

Figure 13 Router maintenance when it serves as the server

Ethernet

ROUTER PC
(TFTP/FTP (TFTP/FTP

Configure the IP addresses of the two sides to be in the same network. In this
section, the PC server is set to 192.168.0.1, and the router Ethernet interface
connected to it (Ethernet interface 0/0 in this example; so, any interface is OK) is
 Maintaining Application Program and Configuring Through Command Lines 53

set to 192.168.0.2. Both can use the ping command to check if the connection is
successful.

Step 2: Boot FTP service.

You can boot FTP service after configuring FTP server authentication and
authorization. FTP server supports multiuser access. The remote FTP user sends
request to the FTP server, which then executes accordingly and returns the result of
the execution to user. Use the following command to boot the FTP service:

[H3C]ftp server enable

% Start FTP server

Add FTP authorized user name and password:

[H3C]local-user guest Set up the user guest

[H3C-luser- guest]service-type ftp The user type is FTP user
[H3C-luser- guest]password simple 123456 Add the password 123456 for
the user guest

Step 3: Maintain the router.

After booting FTP service of the router and configuring user name and password,
you can boot FTP Client on your PC. Take the FTP Client with Windows XP for
example:

Enter <ftp> in the [DOS] window, and the system prompts:

C:Documents and SettingsAdministrator>ftp

ftp> The system prompts ftp>
ftp> open 192.168.0.2 Connected to the router IP
Connected to 192.168.0.2.
220 FTP service ready.
User (192.168.0.2:(none)): guest Enter the user name configured on the router
331 Password required for guest
Password: Enter the password 123456
230 User logged in. Successfully connected to the server

Now, we can use the following command to perform maintenance of the router.
In this example, the main.bin file on the router is backed up to the PC.

ftp> binary Change the transfer mode to binary

200 Type set to I.
ftp> lcd c:emp Change local path
Local directory now C:emp.
ftp> get main.bin main.bin Backup files to PC from the router
200 Port command okay.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for main.bin.
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 14323376 bytes received in 16.81Seconds 851.87Kbytes/sec.

Recover the backup file to the router command:

ftp> put main.bin main.bin Recover the local file to the router
200 Port command okay.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for main.bin.
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 14323376 bytes sent in 8.29Seconds 1727.37Kbytes/sec.
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ftp> quit Quit the FTP

221 Server closing.

Maintaining the router when it serves as the client

You can also maintain the router file system by building FTP server and making the
router serve as the client.

Step 1: Build maintenance environment as follows:

Figure 14 Router maintenance when it serves as the client

Ethernet

ROUTER PC
(TFTP/FTP (TFTP/FTP

When the router serves as the client, you can run FTP server program on your PC
as the FTP server, and set the server path. Then, add user name and password for
the router.

Configure the IP addresses of the two sides to be in the same network. In this
section, the FTP server is set to 192.168.0.1, and the Ethernet interface connected
to it (Ethernet interface 0/0 in this example; so, any interface is OK) is set to
192.168.0.2. Both can use the ping command to check if the connection is
successful.

Step 2: Maintain the router through the terminal connected to the console port as
follow:

<H3C>ftp 192.168.0.1
Trying 192.168.0.1 ...
Press CTRL+K to abort
Connected to 192.168.0.1.
220 3Com 3CDaemon FTP Server Version 2.0
User(192.168.0.1:(none)):guest Enter the user name configured on the router
331 User name ok, need password
Password: Enter the corresponding password
230 User logged in Connect successfully

[ftp]

Use the command as follows to maintain the router.

Here, get and put commands are used to backup and recover files.

[ftp]get main.bin main.bin Download files to the router from the server
cf:/main.bin has been existing. Overwrite it?[Y/N]:y Overwrite it or not?
200 PORT command successful.
150 File status OK ; about to open data connection
226 Closing data connection; File transfer successful.
FTP: 14323376 byte(s) received in 69.256 second(s) 206.00K byte(s)/sec.
[ftp]put main.bin main.bin Backup the router files to the server
 Maintaining Application Program and Configuration File 55

200 PORT command successful.

150 File status OK ; about to open data connection
226 Closing data connection; File transfer successful.
FTP: 14323376 byte(s) sent in 15.974 second(s) 896.00Kbyte(s)/sec.
[ftp]quit Quit the FTP
221 Service closing control connection

Maintaining You can modify and display the file type under the file control submenu:
Application Program
and Configuration File Enter <4> under the main BootROM menu to enter the file control submenu. The
system prompts:

========================<File CONTROL>=======================
|Note:the operating device is CF Card |
| <1> Display All File |
| <2> Set Application File type |
| <3> Set Configuration File type |
| <4> Delete File |
| <5> Exit To Main Menu |
=============================================================

Enter your choice(1-5):

Display all files

Enter <1>, and the system prompts:
Display All File In cf:
**************************************************************************
NO. Size(B) Time Name
0 14323376 Mar-23-2006 11:47 cf:/main.bin
1 14144592 Mar-17-2006 19:39 cf:/d13.bin
2 935 Mar-23-2006 15:39 cf:/config.cfg
3 160 Mar-20-2006 09:55 cf:/private-data.txt
4 14323456 Mar-25-2006 10:38 cf:/secure.bin
5 238664 Mar-27-2006 10:50 cf:/logfile/logfile.log
**************************************************************************

Set application file type

Enter <2> under the file control submenu to enter the set application file type
menu:
Please set application file type in cf:

M=MAIN B=BACKUP S=SECURE N=NOTYPE

**************************************************************************
NO. Size(B) Time Type Name
0 14323376 Mar-23-2006 11:47 M cf:/main.bin
1 14144592 Mar-17-2006 19:39 B cf:/d13.bin
2 14323456 Mar-25-2006 10:38 S cf:/secure.bin
**************************************************************************
Enter File Name:

Enter the file name, including device type and extension name. Take cf:/main.bin
for example. Enter the complete file name, press <ENTER>, and then the system
prompts to modify the file type:

Enter File Name:cf:/main.bin

Modify this file Attribute:

1. +Main
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2. -Main
3. +Backup
4. -Backup
5. Exit
Enter your choice(1-5):

You can set the file type to +M, -M, +B and -B by entering 1 to 4. Refer to
“Introduction” on page 37 for details.

Set configuration file type

Enter <3> under the file control submenu to enter the configuration file type
menu.
Please set configuration file type in cf:

M=MAIN B=BACKUP N=NOTYPE

**************************************************************************
NO. Size(B) Time Type Name
0 14323376 Mar-23-2006 11:47 M cf:/router.cfg
1 14144592 Mar-17-2006 19:39 B cf:/a.cfg
2 14323456 Mar-25-2006 10:38 N cf:/b.cfg
**************************************************************************
Enter File Name:

Enter the file name, including device type and extension name. Take cf:/router.cfg
for example. Enter the complete file name, press <ENTER>, and then the system
prompts to modify the file type:

Enter File Name: cf:/router.cfg

Modify this file Attribute:

1. +Main
2. -Main
3. +Backup
4. -Backup
5. Exit
Enter your choice(1-5):

You can set the operation file to the types of M, Cancel M, B and Cancel B by
entering 1-4. Refer to “Files” on page 37 for details.

Delete files
Enter <4> under the file control submenu to delete files:
Delete All File In cf:
**************************************************************************
NO. Size(B) Time Name
0 14323376 Mar-23-2006 11:47 cf:/main.bin
1 14144592 Mar-17-2006 19:39 cf:/d13.bin
2 935 Mar-23-2006 15:39 cf:/config.cfg
3 160 Mar-20-2006 09:55 cf:/private-data.txt
4 14323456 Mar-25-2006 10:38 cf:/secure.bin
5 238664 Mar-27-2006 10:50 cf:/logfile/logfile.log
**************************************************************************
Enter File Name:
Enter the file name, press <ENTER>, and then the system prompts deleting suc
cess:
deleting...
success!
 Dealing with Router Password Loss 57

c CAUTION: Confirm the file to be deleted before deleting since the system does
not prompt you to confirm when deleting files.

Exit to the main menu

Exit to the main BootROM menu.

Dealing with Router Do as follows when your BootROM password, user password or Super Password is
Password Loss lost.

User Password Loss You cannot enter the system if you lose your user password. You can boot the
system by neglecting system configuration. Perform the following operations:

Step 1: Enter the main BootROM menu, and select <6> to boot by ignoring system
configuration:

The system prompts:

........
Flag Set Successfully.

The system prompts set success.

Step 2: When the main BootROM menu appears again, enter <a> to reboot the
system.

........
system start booting......Version 2.11

Step 3: Set new password under the system view after rebooting.

[H3C]user-interface console 0
[H3C-ui-console0]authentication-mode password
[H3C-ui-console0]set authentication password simple 123456

This indicates that the password authentication is adopted at the console port and
the password is set to 123456 and stored in plain text.

n ■ After reboot, the system runs with the initial default configuration. The original
configuration files are stored in memory. To restore the original configurations,
you can use the display saved-configuration command to display them, and
then copy and execute them.
■ When storing the password in plain text, you can use the display
current-configuration command to see the password in the current
configuration. If you use the set authentication password cipher 123456
command when setting the password, the password is encrypted and stored.

Step 4: Save the new configuration.

[H3C] save

n Execute the save command after modifying the user password to save the new
password.
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BootROM Password Loss Contact the agent or our technical support personnel in the event of BootROM
password loss. They can help you set a new password.

Modify the BootROM password under the main BootROM menu.

Enter <5> to modify the password following the prompt. The console terminal
displays:

Change password.
Old password: Enter the old password
New password: Enter the new password
Verify: Enter the new password again
........Password Set Successfully. The new password is set successfully

n The password modification fails when old password is not correct or new
password is not correctly entered, and then the system exits this operation.

Super Password Loss The Super Password enables you to switch among the four Super levels. In the
event of Super Password loss, you cannot perform the operations requiring higher
right.

Enter <8> under the main BootROM menu to clear the Super Password.

Select this option, quit the menu and reboot the router. You can directly enter the
system view. Only after the first rebooting will the setting take effect (the Super
Password restores after the second rebooting).

Backing up and Enter <7> under the main BootROM menu to enter the BootROM operation
Restoring BootROM submenu. Refer to “BootROM operation submenu” on page 43 for details.

Enter <1> under the menu, and the system starts to backup the entire BootROM.
The system prompts:

Backing BootRom....
Updating the backup Basic BootRom.......
Backing Basic BootRom Success!
Updating Back Extended BootRom..........
Backing Extend BootRom Success!

Now, the entire BootROM is backed up to the memory.

Enter <2> under the menu to restore the BootROM in the memory to the system:

Restore Basic BootRom

Updating the Norm Basic BootRom..............
Restore Basic Bootrom Success!
Restore Extend BootRom
Updating Extended BootRom..............
Restore Extend Bootrom Success!
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Slot Position of H3C Figure 15 Slot position of the MSR 20-20

MSR 20 Series Routers

Figure 16 Slot position of the MSR 20-21

Figure 17 Slot position of the MSR 20-40

Slot Position of H3C Figure 18 Slot position of the MSR 30-11

MSR 30 Series Routers

Figure 19 Slot position of the MSR 30-16

Figure 20 Slot position of the MSR 30-20

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Figure 21 Slot position of the MSR 30-40

Figure 22 Slot position of the MSR 30-60

Slot Position of H3C Figure 23 Slot position of the MSR 50-40

MSR 50 Series Routers

Figure 24 Slot position of the MSR 50-60