Chapter 9: Setting up Firmware and Hardware

The firmware status is represented by a general LED color for the firmware and individual LEDs for each protocol, as follows.

LED ColorGeneral FirmwareProtocol LEDs

 

 

 

Red

No firmware file for the selected card

N/A

 

is found on the hard disk. (The

 

 

firmware list is empty.)

 

 

This is typically the case for a newly

 

 

added adapter before the WAN setup is

 

 

applied (with the Apply button).

 

 

 

 

Gray

Firmware is found on the hard disk but

The protocol layer

 

is not loaded into the card. (The

is inactive.

 

firmware list is empty.)

 

 

Either no WAN adapter is installed, or

 

 

the selected adapter is not running.

 

 

 

 

Yellow

Firmware is running on the card, but

Changes to the

 

differs from the firmware on the hard

firmware layer have

 

disk for this card.

been applied, but

 

The firmware on the disk has been

have not been

 

updated but not loaded onto the

loaded and saved to

 

adapter. Although the firmware list

the disk.

 

displays updated firmware, older

 

 

firmware is running on the adapter.

 

 

 

 

Green

The firmware is running.

The protocol layer

 

 

is active.

 

 

 

 

Use the following buttons to set up firmware information.

 

 

 

Click...

 

To do this...

 

 

 

Load

 

Download the current firmware to the selected adapter.

 

 

CAUTION: This option disconnects all connected

 

 

channels and resets the SNA link services.

 

 

 

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