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8. Building and Using a Firmware Library
7800-A2-GB32-00 January 2002
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4. Select
Make the firmware active (this causes a device reset)
if you would
like to activate the firmware immediately. The Alternate Firmware becomes the
Active Firmware, followed by a device reset. If do not want to activate the new
firmware yet, uncheck this option.
Prior to activating firmware, decide which options should be performed:
— RMON data collection (for SLV Reports)
— Device Sync
Both options are recommended.
5. Select when the downloads/activations should be scheduled.
—
Begin the tasks immediately
. The Alternate Firmware becomes the
Active Firmware, followed by a Device Reset.
—
Begin the tasks using the following start time
. This schedules firmware
activation anytime in the next seven days.
For either option (Begin the tasks immediately or Scheduling tasks), an
amount of time can be specified for the maintenance window. If the firmware
download process has not started within the specified time set in the
maintenance window, the firmware downloads/activations must be
rescheduled.
The download server will initiate up to ten FTPs to process ten tasks
concurrently. Any task in process will continue until complete, regardless of the
maintenance window scheduled start time (the end time is not specified).
6. Click on
Click here to schedule the tasks
. A verification page displays all
choices from the previous screen for review and confirmation. All devices
selected for firmware download will have a checkmark in the first column of the
lower frame.
Do not use the browser’s Back button. Instead, use the Back button at the
bottom of the activation page or the
Click here to go back and reselect
option to modify any values. To approve the displayed data, select
Apply
. You
are returned to the OpenLane main menu.