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Appendix E Installing ERX System Software
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Identifying the Software Release File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Installing Software When a Firewall Exists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
Task 1: Obtain the Required Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
Task 2: Access Privileged Exec Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
Task 3: Configure IP on an Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
Task 4: Mount the CD on the Network Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4
Task 5: Configure Access to the Network Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4
Task 6: Enable the FTP Server on the ERX System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5
Task 7: Identify the Files to Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5
Task 8: Transfer Files to the User Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5
Task 9: Install Files on the System Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6
Task 10: Save the Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6
Task 11: Reboot the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6
Installing Software When a Firewall Does Not Exist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-7
Installing Software in Normal Operational Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-7
Task 1: Obtain the Required Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-8
Task 2: Access Privileged Exec Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-8
Task 3: Configure IP on an Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-8
Task 4: Configure Access to the Network Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-9
Task 5: Mount the CD on the Network Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-10
Task 6: Copy the Software Release File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-10
Task 7: Save the Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-11
Task 8: Reboot the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-11
Installing Software in Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-12
Task 1: Obtain the Required Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-12
Task 2: Access the Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-12
Task 3: Assign an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-13
Task 4: Configure Access to the Network Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-13
Task 5: Mount the CD on the Network Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-13
Task 6: Copy the Software Release File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-13
Task 7: Reboot the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-14
Copying Release Files from One ERX System to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-14
Upgrading Systems That Are Operating with Two SRP Modules . . . . . . . . . . . E-15
Appendix F Declaration of Conformity
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