How to Upgrade Allied Telesis Switch Firmware via Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Last updated: Apr 25, 2025
In this article, I’ll show you how to update the firmware on Allied Telesis switches.
Note: We'll need to set up a TFTP server. If necessary, you can check how to do this for Windows and GNU/Linux.Configuration
Switch Models
- x530L Series
- x530 Series
- x930 Series
Default password
- The default login / password: manager / friend
Procedure
- Copy the new firmware to your TFTP root directory.
Check available free space
- Check available space:
awplus> enable
awplus# show file systems
Copy firmware
- Copy the new firmware from the TFTP server to 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
- Untested, 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 that the firmware is present:
awplus# dir flash
Reboot with the new firmware
- Configure the switch to boot on the new firmware:
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 be loaded if the main release file cannot be loaded:
awplus(config)# boot system backup x930-5.4.9-2.4.rel
- Restart to load the new firmware:
awplus(config)# do reboot
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