RuggedRouter® User Guide
Upgrade System
Figure 261: Software Upgrade System
The Software Upgrade system provides the following features:
• Upgrading from either HTTP or FTP servers,
• Upgrade traffic bandwidth limiting to prevent disruption to mission
critical applications,
• Automatic daily upgrades from a central server at a scheduled time,
• Manually initiated upgrades from a central server,
• Manually initiated upgrades of new versions for testing purposes,
• Manually initiated installs of new packages for testing purposes.
RuggedRouter Software Fundamentals
You may be required to upgrade the router in order to take advantage of new features,
security improvement and bug repairs.
Your RuggedRouter software is provided in releases of the form rrX.Y.Z.
The platform release number X changes when new hardware platforms are released.
The major release number Y is increased when important new features are added.
This is called a “Major” release. The minor release number Z is increased when
minor functionality is added or bug repairs are made. This is called a “Minor” release.
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