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Using BOOTP from a boothost

When installing with BOOTP, the SW_FILE parameter in your BOOTFILE will need to be changed to point to the new software image. We recommend that you keep the name of the image file as supplied as this will guarantee that the software is recognised as a new version by the existing software installation.

Reboot your unit. The new software will download and write to FLASH memory, see Writing to FLASH memory on page 219. You can monitor the progress of this operation with a terminal (or terminal emulation) connected to the Admin port at the rear of the unit.

WARNING

DO NOT SWITCH OFF THE UNIT whilst the unit is programming the FLASH memory.

You can use BOOTP to compare a software version placed on the boot host and one loaded in the Console Server; if there is a newer version on the host, it will be downloaded to the unit.

For a full description of how to use BOOTP to download a new software file from a host, see Console Server, Section Appendix F BOOTP.

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