Nortel Networks 5500 series - Manual (Page 364)

364 Maintaining and managing the system
/boot/software
followed by:
activate
<version>
Activates a downloaded software upgrade package
that the
cur command indicates as unpacked . If
serious problems occur when the new software version
runs, you can switch back to the previous version by
activating the software version that the
cur command
indicates as old .
The Nortel SNAS reboots when you confirm the
activate command.
ATTENTION
When you activate a software upgrade on a Nortel
SNAS device, all the Nortel SNAS devices in the
cluster reboot. All active sessions are lost.
download <prot
ocol> <server>
<filename>
Downloads a new software package from the specified
file exchange server, in order to perform a minor or
major upgrade. You are prompted to provide the
following parameters if you do not specify them in the
command:
•
protocol is the import protocol. Options are
tftp|ftp|scp|sftp . The default is tftp .
•
server is the host name or IP address of the file
exchange server.
•
filename is the name of the software upgrade
package. Software upgrade packages typically
have the .pkg file name extension.
•
for FTP, SCP, and SFTP, user name and password
If you include a directory path and file name
(separated by a forward slash (/)) on the same
line as the FTP server host name or IP address
when you run the command, make sure you put the
combined directory path and file name string within
double quotation marks. For example:
>> Software Management# download
ftp 10.0.0.1 "pub/NSNA-5.1.1-
upgrade_complete.pkg"
If you are using anonymous mode when
downloading the software package from an FTP
server, the Nortel SNAS uses the following string as
the password (for logging purposes):
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch
Using the Command Line Interface
NN47230-100 03.01 Standard
28 July 2008
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