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Monitoring device status
The CLI provides several commands to monitor device status. The status shown is a snapshot of
device status at the moment the command was executed. After the CLI shows the status, it does not
refresh. To refresh the status information, execute the command again.
Use the following commands to show the status of the corresponding device:
NOTE:
In this command, mgmt refers to the Interface Manager card, interface refers to the
interface controllers, and library refers to the library robotics controller.
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show interface status (page 233)
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show library status (page 237)
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show robotics status (page 243)
Updating the firmware with the CLI
You can use the CLI to update the firmware of the Interface Manager card and other library
hardware.
IMPORTANT:
You cannot update firmware from version I1xx to I2xx with the CLI. Because the
format of the firmware file has changed, you must use different procedures to update the firmware
depending on whether you are changing minor revisions (I1xx to I1xx or I2xx to I2xx) or major
revisions (I1xx to I2xx). You must update a major revision with the Command View TL GUI. You
can update a minor revision with the Command View TL GUI or with the CLI.
This procedure involves three steps:
1.
Acquire the latest firmware from
and save it to a temporary location.
2.
Use FTP or SFTP to transfer the firmware file to a temporary storage area in the Interface
Manager card memory.
a.
Open a command shell on any PC connected to the LAN.
b.
Navigate to the directory where the firmware you downloaded in
is located.
c.
Enter the following command, as appropriate, depending on whether you are using FTP
or SFTP:
ftp ipaddress
where ipaddress is the IP address of the Interface Manager card.
or
sftp ipaddress@sftp
where ipaddress is the IP address of the Interface Manager card.
d.
Log in with the following credentials:
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User name: ftp or sftp, as appropriate.
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Password: Use your e-mail address to log in via FTP, or use sftp to log in via SFTP.
After logging in a command shell opens, displaying the anonymous FTP/SFTP directory.
e.
If necessary, use the ls command to list the contents of the FTP/SFTP directory.
f.
Enter the bin command to turn on binary transfer mode.
g.
Enter the following command to copy the firmware file to the temporary location in the
Interface Manager card's memory:
put
[filename]
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