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Black Box Console Server user guide 220
Using BOOTP from a boothost
When installing with BOOTP, the SW_FILE parameter in your BOOTFILE will need
to be changed to point to the new software image. We recommend that you keep the
name of the image file as supplied as this will guarantee that the software is recognised
as a new version by the existing software installation.
Reboot your unit. The new software will download and write to FLASH memory, see
Writing to FLASH memory on page 219. You can monitor the progress of this operation
with a terminal (or terminal emulation) connected to the Admin port at the rear of the
unit.
WARNING DO NOT SWITCH OFF THE UNIT whilst the unit is programming the FLASH memory.
You can use BOOTP to compare a software version placed on the boot host and one
loaded in the Console Server; if there is a newer version on the host, it will be
downloaded to the unit.
For a full description of how to use BOOTP to download a new software file from a host,
see Console Server, Section Appendix F BOOTP.