Allied Telesis 2.6.1 Upgrading the GUI, To upgrade the GUI, Load the new file onto the switch

38 AT-8800 Series Switch User Guide

Upgrading the GUI

You can download the latest GUI resource file from the support site at http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.nz. Before you start, ensure that the switch is running the most recent release and patch files. The GUI is not part of the firmware release file, but the most recent resource file will generally only be compatible with the most recent software release. To check which files the switch is running, refer to the “Current Install” section of the command:

SHOW INSTALL

If you are updating both the release and the resource file, set the preferred release and restart the switch before installing the GUI as described below.

To upgrade the GUI

1. If required, delete the old GUI resource file

If required, you can store more than one GUI resource file on the switch at a time. If you want to delete the previous GUI resource file (for example, to save memory), you must first disable the GUI, using the command:

DISABLE GUI

Then delete the GUI resource file, using the command:

DELETE FILE=old-gui.rsc

where:

•old-gui.rsc is the name of the GUI resource file that you are replacing. Wait until FLASH compaction has finished. This will take several minutes.

Do not interrupt the switch’s power supply during FLASH compaction, under any circumstances.

If you have multiple valid resource files and releases stored on the switch, use the SET

INSTALL command to change the release and resource file the switch uses (see below).

2.Load the new file onto the switch

Download the GUI resource file for your model of switch from the website to your TFTP server. Do not rename the file.

Resource files use a fixed naming convention, which includes a product code, a language code and a version code. For example, filenames for the AR450S are of the form d450se01.rsc. If you change the GUI resource file’s name, the switch will not recognise it as a valid file and you will be unable to use it for configuration.

Load the GUI resource file from your TFTP server to the switch, using the command:

LOAD FILE=filename.rsc SERVER=server

where:

•filename is the name of the GUI resource file, as shown on the support site for your switch. Do not rename the file.

•server is the IP address of the TFTP server the file is loaded from.

Software Release 2.6.1 C613-02039-00 REV A