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46CHAPTER 4: SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE
Upgrading application Downloading application files via serial port is easy but at low rate. program
Detailed procedures:
1Connect the configuration PC.
2Change the baudrate of the serial port on RPU card to increase loading rate. See Modifying serial port parametersModifying serial port parameters, for more details.
The baudrate of RPU serial port is 9600bps. Skip this step if you do not want to modify it. Remember to reset the baudrate to 9600bps when file transfer is completed, if you have changed the baudrate.
3Start the router and enter Boot main system. Press <Ctrl+B> when the system prompts “Press Ctrl+B to enter Boot Menu... 3”. Input correct password and enter Boot main menu.
4Select <3> in Boot main menu to enter serial port
5In serial port
6Select application files and Xmodem protocol in [Transfer/Send files] in HyperTerminal.
7Send files.
8If you have selected downloading application files to Flash, you need to return to Boot main menu after the system writes application files into Flash and select <2> to start the router from Flash.
Upgrading | Through Ethernet port, you can upgrade application program at high rate using |
Application Program | FTP or TFTP, but you need to prepare FTP Server or TFTP Server. Detailed procedures |
via Ethernet Port | are as follows: |
| Building up upgrade environment |
| Figure 3 Building FTP/PPP Upgrade Environment |
| LAN/WAN |
Quidway | PC(FTP/TFTP Server) |
(FTP/TFTP Client) |
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1Connect Ethernet port 0/0/0 in RPU card to a PC with
Only Ethernet port 0/0/0 can be used in upgrading.
2Connect the console port of Router to an external console terminal (can be the external PC connected to an Ethernet interface), and configure the HyperTerminal with the reference of “II. Setting the parameters of PC and terminal” contained in the section 4.1.1.