Management Software Upgrade Utility

The CD-ROM supplied with your Switch includes a management software upgrade utility that can be used to upgrade the management software of the Switch. The utility should only be used if a previous upgrade has failed, and you are unable to communicate with the Switch using the web interface or command line interface. You can find the utility in the \agent\update\ directory on the CD-ROM.

If you have any problems using the management software upgrade utility, see "Solving Management Software Upgrade Utility Problems".

The upgrade utility works from an MS-DOS prompt, and it upgrades one Switch at a time.

Upgrading a Switch may take up to 30 minutes.

To upgrade the management software of a Switch:

1 .   Connect the serial (COM) port of your PC to the console port of the Switch using a null modem cable.

2 .   Insert the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

3 .   If you are using Windows^® 3.1, close it down so that you are at the MS-DOS prompt. If you are using Windows^® 95/98, open an MS-DOS window.

4 .   At the MS-DOS prompt:

a .   Create a directory called upgrade in the root directory of your PC's hard drive.

b .   Copy the contents of the \agent\update\ directory on the CD-ROM to the upgrade directory on the hard drive.

c .   Copy the management software file to the upgrade directory on the hard drive.

d .   Change your directory to the upgrade directory on the hard drive.

5 .   At the MS-DOS prompt, enter the upgrade command:

update <file>

<file> is the name of the management software file. Note that the software files have the format s2sxx_yy.bin, where xx_yy is the version number.

CAUTION: You must use the s2sxx_yy.bin format, otherwise the upgrade fails.

You can also use the following parameter with the upgrade command to specify the serial (COM) port to use for the PC (COM 1) or (COM 2). The default for this is COM 1:

-c 1 or -c 2

An example of the upgrade command with this parameter is:

update -c 1 s2sxx_yy.bin

6 .   Power-down the Switch.

7 .   At your PC, press [Return].

8 .   Power-up the Switch immediately (within 5 seconds).

The utility transfers the management software to the Switch.

When the management software has been transferred, your PC displays the following message:

Update completed successfully.

Update another unit? (y/n)

9 .   If you want to upgrade the management software of another Switch, enter y (for yes), otherwise, enter n (for no).