RuggedCom RX1000, RX1100 manual Upgrading Software, Upgrading Firmware

RuggedRouter™ User Guide

Running a loop test on an active interface will immediately cause it to go down. The loop test automatically initializes the trunk after completing the test.

Current Routes & Interface Table

The table provided by this command is as described in the Networking menu, Network Utilities sub-menu. It is also provided here as a convenience.

Upgrading Software

For some customers, access to remote sites in accomplished solely by a T1 or E1 connection. Usually a software upgrade will stop the system being upgraded, perform the upgrade and then restart it. If T1E1 was upgraded in this way, the upgrade would fail as the T1E1 link was taken down. Instead, T1E1 software upgrades modify only the software on the disk. You must schedule a reboot in order to run the new version of T1E1 software.

Upgrading Firmware

RuggedCom T1E1 interfaces reside upon PCI interface cards. These cards contain FLASH memory which (from time to time) will be required to be upgraded. The upgrade process will take down the T1E1 links, upgrade the firmware and then restart the interfaces.

Note: The upgrade process requires upwards of 15 minutes for each PCI interface card. Because of the lengthy duration required to upgrade the interfaces, RuggedCom does not automatically perform the firmware upgrade. Instead, the scheduling of the upgrade is left to the user.

The upgrade can be performed by signing on to the platform via the console or ssh and running the command “/usr/sbin/update-wanfirmware”. If the ssh connection has been made over an active T1E1 interface, the connection will fail but the upgrade will continue.

The upgrade can also be scheduled for a specific time by using the System menu, Scheduled Commands sub-menu. Set the Commands to execute field to “/usr/sbin/update-wanfirmware proceed”, set the Run in directory field to “/root” and set the Run at time field to the desired upgrade time.

After the upgrade completes, alarms recommending an upgrade will be cleared.

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