Black Box 1101, Secure Device Servers, 1102 manual System Management, Upgrade Firmware

Chapter 11: System Management

The hard erase will clear all custom settings and return the unit back to factory default settings (i.e. the IP address will be reset to 192.168.0.1).

You will be prompted to log in and must enter the default administration username and administration password: Username: root

Password: default

Figure 11-2. Hard erase.

11.2 Upgrade Firmware

Before upgrading, make sure you are already running the most current firmware in your gateway. Your console server will not allow you to upgrade to the same or an earlier version.

The Firmware version is displayed in each page’s header.

Or select Status: Support Report and note the Firmware Version.

Figure 11-3. Firmware version.

To upgrade, you first must download the latest firmware image from the Black Box.web site.

Save this downloaded firmware image file to a system on the same subnet as the console server.

Download and read the release_notes.txt for the latest information.

To upload the firmware image file to your console server, select System: Firmware.

Specify the address and name of the downloaded Firmware Upgrade File, or Browse the local subnet and locate the downloaded file.

Figure 11-4. Upgrade firmware.

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