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Updating Your System Software 7

CAUTION: The FSM module requires LANplex system software revision 8.0.0 or later and LMM+ revision 1.21 or greater (for revision 1 modules) or revision 2.12 or greater (for revision 2 modules). See “Upgrading Your LMM or LMM+” on page 5.

The menu item ip forwarding was changed to ip routing at release

7.0.0.If you have created automated scripts that include ip forwarding, you must edit these scripts to reflect this change.

For more information about this release, see “What’s New at Revision 8.0.2?” and “What’s New at Revision 8.0.1?” on page 13.

Before You Start Before you install your new software, read all of these release notes. Carefully read the sections “System Issues” on page 21 and “Known Problems” on page 22.

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 UNIX® and

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 section.