CHAPTER 15: IMAGE FILE DOWNLOAD
15.1GETTING STARTED
Cabletron ships backup copies of image files for all of its intelligent devices. The first file, suffixed with .hex (after it has been decompressed from a .zip) is for Standard Local Downloading (any port, except the BRIM). The second file, suffixed with .fls (after it has been decompressed from a .zip) is for Remote Runtime Downloading through any network port, including the BRIM.
Before you can download the image to a device, you must:
•load the image file onto your network rarp server
NOTE |
For information on setting up a workstation as a rarp server, refer to your specific workstation documentation. This documentation includes limited information and guidelines for setting up a UNIX workstation to act as a reverse address resolution protocol (rarp) server.
•decompress the image file.
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For your convenience, Cabletron includes the PKUNZIP utility for easy decompression of the “zipped” file. If you are using a UNIX workstation as a rarp server, and you do not have a decompression utility that recognizes the PKZIP format, you can obtain a copy of a UNIX decompression utility or the image file from the Cabletron Systems FTP server. Contact Cabletron Technical Support for details.
