Appendix C Firmware Upgrade and Downgrade Procedures

Graceful Upgrade and Downgrade Procedures

Step 9 For all primary and stand-alone SMs in all redundancy groups, enter the dsptotals command.

This step is to examine the number of shelf connections, lines, ports, and channels after the upgrade or downgrade. The values can be compared to those before the download and, therefore, it can be established that the configuration has remained the same. Restore ASC and SM configurations if necessary.

Procedure 25—Graceful Upgrade, 2-Core Card Set

Procedure 25 is used for 4.x to 4.y, 4x to 5.x, and 5.x to 5.y.

Step 1 Check compatibility.

With any downgrade technique, there is always the issue of compatibility. Any release can be downgraded to any other release, but in many instances configuration information will be lost. Hardware incompatibilities can prevent some downgrades. For example, Release 2 and Release 3 service modules require two Flash chips. Release 4 SMs will be shipped with a single Flash chip. A Release 4 shelf containing BNM-E1 cards or service resource module 3T3 cards cannot be downgraded to Release 2 or Release 3. Check the compatibility matrix to determine if a particular downgrade is supported and how it affects configuration loss.

Step 2 Save the current ASC configuration. Perform this step for the ASC prior to upgrading the firmware.

First reset the card, then use TFTP get to save the card’s current configuration in the workstation.

tftp shelf tftp> bin

tftp> get AXIS_ASC_ACTIVE.BR

Step 3 Save the current service module (SM) configuration for each primary and stand-alone SM. Perform this step for the SM prior to upgrading the firmware.

First reset the card, then use TFTP get to save the card’s current configuration in the workstation.

tftp shelf tftp> bin

tftp> get AXIS_SM_1_<slot>.PRI.<service password>

Step 4 Enter the dspadrcxat command. Note the value of the ConnNumOfValidEntries parameter.

This value indicates the number of connections. This command is run again at the end of the procedure to ensure that the number of connections has not changed.

Step 5 For all primary and stand-alone SMs

a.Enter the dsptotals command.

The configuration of the shelf should not be changed during the downgrade process. Use this step to examine the number of lines, ports, and channels before the upgrade or downgrade. A similar step can be made to examine the same configuration parameters after the upgrade or downgrade and, therefore, it can be established that the configuration has remained the same.

b.Enter the tftp put <ASC_BT_file> AXIS_ASC_BACKUP.FW command. This step downloads the new boot code into the ASC.

c.Enter the chkflash command. This command calculates and compares the Flash checksum to verify whether the boot code is correct.

 

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MGX 8220 specifications

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