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	The top-level menus in your Administration Console may differ 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:

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

■Decompress the software.

■Load 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.

Copying System You can copy system software to a computer that runs either a UNIX or an Software to a MS-DOS operating system.

Hard Disk

Copying to the UNIX Platform

The CoreBuilder software for a UNIX system is distributed on six diskettes. Diskettes #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 contain the CoreBuilder software. Diskette #6 contains the SNMP MIBs.