Hardware-Related Messages

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Hardware-Related

The XX package must have 20 MB of memory installed on the CEC or DPE

Messages

module. There is only 12 MB available.

 

Meaning:

The bcmsysupgrade utility cannot continue because it does not detect

 

 

a CEC 20 or DPE in the system. The software package requires a

 

 

CEC 20 or DPE module.

 

Action:

If you have a CEC 20 module, run the Memory Expansion Board utility

 

 

supplied with the memory upgrade by putting the diskette in the

 

 

floppy drive and entering bt memupgrd.29k. The program updates

 

 

the EPROM.

The hardware configuration of this NETBuilder could not be confirmed.

Meaning:

Your hardware may not support the software package you are

 

upgrading to. The bcmsysupgrade script allows the upgrade to

 

proceed even if the hardware configuration is not recommended.

Action:

Ensure that the bridge/router meets the hardware requirements for

 

the package you are upgrading to, and that it is on the recommended

 

upgrade migration path.

 

The NETBuilder hardware will not safely support the upgrade.

 

Meaning:

The hardware is not sufficient to safely support the software upgrade,

 

 

and the bridge/router configuration is not on the upgrade migration

 

 

path.

 

Action:

Contact your 3Com supplier for information about a hardware

 

 

upgrade.

 

 

Installation

The troubleshooting messages in this section are displayed during installation.

Troubleshooting

 

 

Messages

 

 

Installing the

Testing the Enterprise OS Upgrade Utilities installation.

Enterprise OS Upgrade

Meaning:

This is an introductory message displayed when the bcmdiagnose

Management Utilities

 

utility is initiated.

 

Action:

None.

 

There is a problem with the installation of the Enterprise OS Upgrade

 

Utilities. The path /usr/3Com/bcm/bin and usr/3Com/common/bin should

 

be in the PATH environment variable.

 

Meaning:

The installation process has searched for certain utilities in

 

 

/usr/3Com/bcm/bin and /usr/3Com/common/bin directories but

 

 

cannot find them unless the path /usr/3Com/bcm/bin is first.

 

Action:

Check that /usr/3Com/bcm/bin and /usr/3Com/common/bin have

 

 

been added in the path environment variable.

 

There is a problem with the installation of the Enterprise OS Upgrade

 

Utilities. The path /usr/3Com/bcm/bin should be first in the PATH

 

environment variable.

 

Meaning:

The installation process cannot find the necessary directories unless

 

 

the path /usr/3Com/bcm/bin is first.

 

Action:

Check that /usr/3Com/bcm/bin is first in the path environment

 

 

variable.

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