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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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