SmartNode 4830 Getting Started Guide4 • Getting started with the SmartNode

Start-up with factory configuration

Step

Command

Purpose

 

 

 

1

RedBoot> fis load

Copies the SmartWare application image from the

 

 

persistent memory (flash:) to the volatile memory

 

 

(RAM) from where it will be executed.

 

 

 

2

RedBoot> go -s factory-config

Starts the SmartWare application telling it to use

 

 

‘factory-config’ as startup configuration.

 

 

You can also start-up with any other configuration

 

 

available in the persistent memory (nvram:) by pro-

 

 

viding its name instead of ‘factory-config’.

 

 

 

Load a new application image (SmartWare) via TFTP

The following procedure downloads the application image (SmartWare) for the mainboard. See the note below on how to download the respective CLI description file.

Step

Command

Purpose

 

 

 

1

RedBoot> ip_address - l

Sets the IP address and subnet mask of the

optional

local_ip_address [/mask_len]

Ethernet interface 0/0 which shall be used to

 

 

receive the new application image.

 

 

mask_len is the length of the network address

 

 

(or the number of 1’s within the subnet mask).

 

 

See Note below.

 

 

 

2

RedBoot> ip_address -g gateway

Sets the IP address of the default gateway.

optional

 

 

 

 

 

3

RedBoot> ping -htftp-server_ip_address

Tests the connectivity to the TFTP server.

optional

 

 

 

 

 

4

RedBoot> load -r -v -h host -b

Downloads an application image into the vola-

 

base_address file_name

tile memory (RAM) from where the SmartNode

 

 

could directly execute it.

 

 

host: IP address of the TFTP server

 

 

base_address: memory location where to store

 

 

the application image. Use the default address

 

 

0x1800100

 

 

file_name: path and name of the file on the

 

 

TFTP server. Note: use the image file that con-

 

 

tains the whole application, not the image

 

 

parts.

 

 

 

5

RedBoot> fis delete -n 1

Deletes the first application image.

 

 

Reply with ‘y’ to the confirmation request.

 

 

 

6

RedBoot> fis create

Stores the downloaded application image to

 

 

the permanent memory (flash:).

 

 

Reply with ‘y’ to the confirmation request.

 

 

 

7

RedBoot> fis list -l

Checks whether the image has been success-

 

 

fully stored, whether it is the desired Release

 

 

and Build, and whether it is valid.

 

 

 

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4830 specifications

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