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smartfreenas
May 25, 2026Aspirant
GS728TP v1 failed update
Can you tell me if it's possible to restore the GS728TP v1 after a failed update? The firmware was 6.0.1.14. I updated to the latest firmware 6.0.1.30 via SCC (Smart Control Center). SCC (Smart...
schumaku
May 26, 2026Guru - Experienced User
smartfreenas wrote:I updated to the latest firmware 6.0.1.30 via SCC (Smart Control Center).
SCC (Smart Control Center) reported that the firmware was updated and the switch would reboot.
While this isn't the root cause for this issue: The fine User Manual does from about 2012 - since first release more than a decade ago - not suggest using SCC. Only Web and FTP based uploads are supported.
smartfreenas wrote:How can I restore it?
Permitting TV bootloader was not destroyed, there might be some chance the bootloader falled back to tftp loading, probably due to a corrupted image load.
Probably the switch bootloader does fall-back to tftp, eg. due to a bad firmware image.
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