RuggedCom RuggedRouter RX1100 - Manual (Page 316)

34. Maintaining The Router
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34.13. Upgrade System
Figure 34.42. Software Upgrade System
The Software Upgrade system provides the following features:
• Upgrading from either HTTP or FTP servers (anonymous access only),
• Upgrade traffic bandwidth limiting to prevent disruption to mission critical applications,
• 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.
34.13.1. 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.
The RuggedRouter software is organized into a number of interdependent "packages". Each package
contains all of the files necessary to implement a set of related commands or features, such as a