56Platform software installation
Prerequisites
•You have completed the steps in "Starting the Linux operating system installation" (page 44) and replied Y to the option to restore remote platform data.
•The remote server must have Secure FTP (SFTP) enabled.
•You must have a valid user name and password for the remote FTP server.
•You must know the networking properties for the remote backup server, such as the VLAN ID and IP address.
•For more information about installing Linux Maintenance Releases, see "Applying the Linux Maintenance Release " (page 92).
Procedure Steps
Step Action
1From the Remote Platform Backup Data Retrieval screen, enter the VLAN ID for the local network. The standard AS 5300 networking configuration is
2Enter the IP address of the local machine.
3Enter the default gateway IP address.
4Enter the netmask.
5Enter the IP address of the FTP server where the remote backup data file is located.
6Enter the user name for the FTP server.
7Enter the password for the FTP server.
8Enter the remote server path where the backup files are located. The system displays the following prompt:
Is this information correct?
9Do one of the following:
Reply Y if the information is correct.
OR
Reply N to go back and make changes.
After the information is accepted, the system configures the local network and checks connectivity to the remote server. When connectivity is established, the installer lists the available platform backup files. The following is an example of an available platform backup files list:
Application Server 5300
Nortel AS 5300 Installation
4 November 2008
