Note
This feature is not available unless you are currently running ExtremeXOS 21.1 or later.URL protocols can be TFTP, HTTP, or anonymous FTP. The format of a URL is:
In addition to accepting a URL that ends in .xos or .xmod, the URL filename can now end in .lst.
A .lst file contains filenames at the same location as the .lst file URL and will be downloaded, and then installed one after the other. The .lst file method can define bundles of downloads for:
The .lst file allows you to download .xos, .xmods, and other files at the same time. Once downloaded as a list, simply reboot and the files become active. This feature allows for better organization of downloads across switches.
All of the filenames in any .lst must be available at the same URL path provided in the download command.
Any .xos and .xmod files are installed to the inactive partition.
For any other file types, the /usr/local/cfg directory is used.
See the following for an example of .lst files
An HTTP server on 10.68.9.7 for directory 16.1/xxxx/xxxx/release:
This example shows how the .lst file can contain filenames ending in .lst to get a list of lists (of lists etc…)
cat big.lst – big.lst contains other list file names
xos.lst
xmod.lst
script.lst
cat xos.lst – xos.lst contains an EXOS image
summitX-16.1.0.18.xos
cat xmod.lst – xmod.lst contains a number of .xmod filenames
summitX-16.1.0.18-debug.xmod
summitX-16.1.0.18-esvt.xmod
summitX-16.1.0.18-LegacyCLI.xmod
summitX-16.1.0.18-reachnxt-1.8.1.8.xmod
summitX-16.1.0.18-techSupport.xmod
cat script.lst – script.lst contains a number of python scripts the user wants to download to a switch
jsonrpc.py
jsontest.py
otst.py
ping.py
readvr.py
A single download command downloads all of the above files. Example uses big.lst:
X460G2-24t-10G4.1 # download url http://10.68.9.7/big.lst http://10.68.9.7/xos.lst Downloading http://10.68.9.7/summitX-16.1.0.18.xos Downloading to Switch........................................................................................................................................... Installing to primary partition! Installing to Switch...................................................................................................................................................................................................... Image installed successfully This image will be used only after rebooting the switch! Image installed successfully http://10.68.9.7:8080/xmod.lst Downloading http://10.68.9.7/summitX-16.1.0.18-debug.xmod Downloading to Switch..... Installing to primary partition! Installing to Switch.............................................. Image installed successfully Downloading http://10.68.9.7/summitX-16.1.0.18-esvt.xmod Downloading to Switch Installing to primary partition! Installing to Switch... Image installed successfully Downloading http://10.68.9.7/summitX-16.1.0.18-LegacyCLI.xmod Downloading to Switch.. Installing to primary partition! Installing to Switch........................ Legacy CLI framework was Successfully Installed !!! Image installed successfully Downloading http://10.68.9.7/summitX-16.1.0.18-reachnxt-1.8.1.8.xmod Downloading to Switch... Installing to primary partition! Installing to Switch.... Image installed successfully Downloading http://10.68.9.7/summitX-16.1.0.18-techSupport.xmod Downloading to Switch.. Installing to primary partition! Installing to Switch.. Image installed successfully http://10.68.9.7/script.lst http://10.68.9.7/jsonrpc.py http://10.68.9.7/jsontest.py http://10.68.9.7/otst.py http://10.68.9.7/ping.py http://10.68.9.7/readvr.py (pacman debug) X460G2-24t-10G4.2 #
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