IBM 4986B LanProbe Network Card User Manual


 
Download New Firmware
Downloading Firmware using an HP-UX Workstation and a Terminal
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Downloading Firmware using an HP-UX Workstation
and a Terminal
The following instructions assume you are using HP-UX 9.0, or later. Before
upgrading firmware, you must first establish an IP connection between your
HP-UX workstation and LanProbe.
The following steps are required to download firmware to your LanProbe:
1. “Install New Download Firmware on an HP-UX Workstation” below
2. “Download Firmware to LanProbe” on page 81
Install New Download Firmware on an HP-UX Workstation
To download a new firmware file to LanProbe using an HP-UX workstation and a
terminal, the new firmware file must be copied into the
~tftp
directory on your
HP-UX workstation, and the file must be readable by
tftp
. Typically, the
~tftp
directory is
/usr/tftpdir
.
For more information on configuration and usage of
tftp
, refer to your HP-UX
tftp
documentation (typically found in an ARPA Services manual).