McDATA 3000 manual Install the New UltraNet Edge Software

Install the New

UltraNet Edge 3000

Software

Upgrading the UltraNet Edge 3000 Software

7. Issue the bye command at the FTP prompt.

Use the following procedure to install the new UltraNet Edge 3000 software:

1.Issue an upgrade EDR31xx.tar command to install the new software.

Where xx = the most current version of the UltraNet Edge 3000 software.

NOTE: This can take up to 45 minutes. Wait for the system prompt to come back after issuing the upgrade command. If the process is interrupted, the UltraNet Edge 3000 could hang.

2.Issue the abort command. This will boot up the UltraNet Edge 3000 and invoke the new software.

3.Immediately telnet to the UltraNet Edge 3000 that has just been upgraded.

You will be prompted for a login and password. The login is root and the password is what has been defined for the node. The prom default password is shadow.

4.Press ENTER to get into prom mode.

5.Issue the tartoc <filename> command to display a listing of the files within the tar archive file you wish to extract.

6.Check the resulting list to see if any of the files within the tar archive already exist on the disk. If versions of the files within the tar archive already exist on the disk, check their size to see if they are larger than the versions in the tar archive.

7.If any files in the tar archive are larger than the corresponding files on the disk, proceed to step . If the files in the tar archive are smaller than the corresponding files on the disk, do one of the following:

—Rename the corresponding file(s) on the disk using the rename <file 1><file 2> command.

—Remove the corresponding file(s) on the disk using the remove <file> command.

8.Issue the tarExtract “vx_tar.tar”,0 command at the prom prompt. This will take from one to three minutes, wait for the prom prompt to return before proceeding to step .

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