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5. Choose Firmware Management. The Firmware Management Menu will appear.
Figure 3.20: Receiver Firmware Management Menu
6. Choose Receiver Flash Upgrade Via XMODEM. The connection to the Transmitter
will be dropped.
7. Specify the location of the upgrade file and initiate the file transfer.
8. When the transfer has completed, a message will display stating “Firmware update successful.
Resetting Appliance...”
9. The connection to the Receiver will be restored.
NOTE: If the Receiver determines that the upgrade file is invalid, the Receiver cancels the upgrade and
maintains the previous firmware version. A message will display indicating that the firmware upgrade has failed.
To Flash upgrade your Receiver using HTTP:
1. Download the Receiver upgrade file from Avocent.
2. Activate the serial menu as described in Accessing the serial menu on page 14.
3. Choose option 1 to access the Receiver menu. If the password option is enabled, you will be
prompted for a password. See Authentication on page 24.
4. Type the password and press Enter. The Receiver Main Menu will appear.