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Chapter 11 – Upgrading Firmware And Managing Configurations
Checking The Status OF The Download.
The utility will provide an indication that the file was transferred properly, but you
must also query the switch in order to determine if it was correctly programmed.
Use the command “rsh hostname –l password version” to obtain the revision
levels of the software. If the download was successful the version will be
indicated as the “next” firmware (i.e. the firmware that will run after the next
reboot).
Figure 67 Example of an Upgrade using a TFTP client on your workstation
Upgrading Firmware Using The TFTP Client On Your RuggedSwitch™
Identify the IP address of the host providing the TFTP server capability. Ensure
that the firmware revision to be downloaded (e.g. RuggedSwitch_Main_v1.4.1.bin)
is present there.
Telnet to or connect to the console of the switch. Enter the CLI shell and run the
command “tftp host_addr get main.bin RuggedSwitch_Main_v1.4.1.bin”.
Check the status of the download by running the version command.
Alternatively the download could also be started by the rsh command “rsh
switch_add –l admin tftp host_addr get main.bin RuggedSwitch_Main_v1.4.1.bin”.
Figure 68 Example of an Upgrade using the TFTP client on the RuggedSwitch™
C:\>ping 10.1.0.1
Pinging 10.1.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.1.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=60
C:\>tftp -i 10.1.0.1 put C:\files\RuggedSwitch_Main_v1.4.1.bin main.bin
Transfer successful: 751234 bytes in 2 seconds, 375617 bytes/s
C:\> rsh 10.1.0.1 –l guest version
Current RuggedSwitch Boot Software v1.2.0 (Nov 03 2003 15:27)
Current RuggedSwitch Main Software v1.4.0 (Nov 25 2003 17:54)
Next RuggedSwitch Main Software v1.4.1 (Nov 27 2003 16:43)
C:\>telnet 10.1.0.1, sign-on and <CTRL S> to enter CLI shell..
>ping 10.1.0.254 1
Reply 1 from 10.0.0.28: time<4ms
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0.00% loss)
Approximate average round trip time in milli-seconds: 4
>tftp 10.0.0.1 get 10.1.0.254 main.bin RuggedSwitch_Main_v1.4.1.bin
Transfer successfully completed. Closing file main.bin...
>version
Current RuggedSwitch Boot Software v1.2.0 (Nov 03 2003 15:27)
Current RuggedSwitch Main Software v1.4.0 (Nov 25 2003 17:54)
Next RuggedSwitch Main Software v1.4.1 (Nov 27 2003 16:43)
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