3Com 10002211 manual Updating Your System Software

Updating Your System Software 3

■Filter MIB

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FTP packet filter program transfers via SNMP

Disconnecting an active telnet or rlogin session

■STP linkState changes

■CoreBuilder 6000 12-slot Chassis

For more information about this release, see “What’s New at Revision 8.2.0?” on page 14.

Before You Start Before you install your new software, read all of these release notes. Carefully read “System Issues” on page 23 and “Known Problems” on page 26.

The top-level menus in your Administration Console may vary from those illustrated in these release notes depending on your level of access privilege and on the modules you have installed in your CoreBuilder chassis.

Updating Your You can install a new software version from any host that is running FTP System Software server software. The system software is distributed for both the UNIX and

the MS-DOS platforms.

The following media types are used to distribute compressed files for software releases:

■UNIX tar format 3 1/2 -inch, double-sided, high-density 1.44 MB diskettes

■MS-DOS format 3 1/2 -inch, double-sided, high-density 1.44 MB diskettes To install or upgrade your system software, you must:

1Copy the software from the diskette to your UNIX or MS-DOS computer’s hard disk.

2Decompress the software.

3Load the system software from your computer’s hard disk to flash memory on the LMM+.

Details for these procedures are provided in the next sections.