
Page 126 of 174 Appendix A: Flash Download procedure
553-3001-216 Standard 5.00 January2002
Uponreceiving the first flash data packet, a page status bar is displayed (see
Figure23). Depending on the language files being downloaded, there are
threeor four memory pages that are downloaded (three for North American,
fourfor Global, Eastern/Western European versions). As additional flas h data
packetsare received, the status bar advances to the right until the current page
is completely programmed. Once the next page start s to download, a new
page block is displayed and the status bar starts from the left again. This
processis repeated for the remaining pages. If the download was
unsuccessful,the set displays a telephone icon with an X through it. This
indicatesth atth ef lashm emory is not programmed (or is corrupt) and a new
downloadmust be done again.
Figure23
Statusbar
Uponcompletion of the flash download (all 3/4 pages have been
received),the set verifies the flash memory contents before displaying
theIDLE screen. The IDLE screen consists of the Date (Jan.1 12:00am)
andthe brandline (Nortel Networks or customer programmed logo). Up
to25 seconds later, the switch downloads all the parameters to the set and
theIDLE screen is updated according to the switch settings (for example,
softkeysare shown, date is updated, and soft label keys are shown).
7Asthe download occurs, various messages can appear on the system
terminal. A complete list of these messages is in System Messages
(553-3001-411).The most important message is the following: