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UPDATING SOFTWARE – STEP 3
Serial Connection
Prerequisites - make sure the directory and the file name of the MNS-6K software image
downloaded in steps 1 and 2 is known. To use the serial connection to update the MNS-6K
image, the command dialog is shown below:
Magnum6K25# show version
Version 2.6.0, Build Date: Jan 29 2004, Time: 12:02:32
Magnum6K25# upgrade mode=serial
Do you wish to upgrade the image? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
FIGURE 153 – Upgrade using serial connection
Once the upgrade process is started, the VT100 emulation software (e.g.
HyperTerminal) will ask for the file location. Once the file location is indicated, the file
transfer begins. Make sure the Xmodem protocol is also selected in this file location
dialog window. Once selected, the file transfer begins. The file transfer status window
is shown in Figure 14.
FIGURE 154 – File upload status window under Xmodem (using HyperTerminal under Windows
XP)
Once the transfer is complete, the dialog is shown in Figure 15.
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