6. Maintenance Procedures
Downloading and Switching Firmware
Use the System - Firmware screen to upgrade firmware or switch versions of firmware in the chassis.
The SCP card has two banks of firmware: the running firmware and alternate firmware. When firmware is downloaded, it is downloaded to the alternate firmware bank. Switching firmware versions changes the running firmware to the dormant (alternate) firmware, and the alternate firmware to the active (running) firmware.
Downloading Firmware
Procedure
To download new firmware from an FTP server to the SCP card:
1.Enter or select the appropriate parameters in the Firmware Download box as shown in the following table.
Firmware Download Parameters
FTP Server IP Address | Specify the network address of the FTP server where |
| the firmware is to be downloaded from. For example: |
| 137.90.128.10 |
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User Name | Specify a user name accepted by the FTP server. For |
| example: admin |
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Password | Specify a password accepted by the FTP server. For |
| example: admnpass |
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Filename | Specify the name or pathname of the firmware file. For |
| example: /scp_030145.fpi |
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2.Click on Download. The firmware is downloaded. A Firmware Download Status frame is displayed showing the filename, server address, number of bytes transferred, and the Transfer Status.
When the download is complete, Transfer Status changes to "Transfer completed successfully."
June 2004 |
