Chapter 3 Upgrading Cisco Access Registrar Software

Upgrading Cisco Access Registrar Solaris Software

Installing Cisco Access Registrar Software from CD-ROM

The following steps describe how to begin the software installation process when installing software from the CAR 4.2 CD-ROM. If you are installing downloaded software, proceed to Installing Downloaded Software.

Step 1 Place the CAR 4.2 software CD-ROM in the Cisco AR workstation CD-ROM drive.

Step 2 Log in to the Cisco AR workstation as a root user, and enter the following command line for (Solaris 9): pkgadd -d /cdrom/cdrom0/kit/solaris-2.9 CSCOar

Step 3 Proceed to Common Solaris Installation Steps.

Installing Downloaded Software

This section describes how to uncompress and extract downloaded CAR 4.2 software and begin the software installation.

Step 1 Log in to the Cisco AR workstation as a root user.

Step 2 Change directory to the location where you have stored the uncompressed tarfile.

cd /tmp

Step 3 Use a command like the following to uncompress the tarfile and extract the installation package files.

zcat CSCOar-4.2.1-sol9-k9.tar.gz tar xf -

Note These instructions are for the Solaris 9 package. There is no difference in download or installation procedures for Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 other than the package name.

Step 4 Enter the following command to begin the installation:

pkgadd -d /tmp CSCOar

where /tmp is the temporary directory where you stored and uncompressed the installation files.

Step 5 Proceed to Common Solaris Installation Steps.

Common Solaris Installation Steps

This section describes the installation process immediately after you have issued the pkgadd command installing from CD-ROM or from downloaded software.

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4.2 specifications

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