Datatek Upgrade/Backup/Reload - Manual (Page 6)

U t i l i t i e s
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Linux Æ Redhat 9.x, Fedora, or other compatible X86 deployments.
The support hosts, on which the utilities execute, must have a TCP/IP connection to an ethernet
network through which the devices are accessible. These utilities connect to the console TCP ports of
the devices as follows:
• Via the IP ethernet network “directly” to the IP console of the product using Telnet. This is
the most expedient, and therefore the preferred method.
• Via an IP ethernet connected TRDC serial port device where the serial port of the target
device is connected as an asynchronous user port on the second device. In a manner
similar to the option above, the utility telnets to the IP address of the connecting device
user port with a socket number corresponding to that port. The end to end transitions
occur with the target physical serial console.
• Via a Datakit/BNS network where the serial console port of the device is connected to an
asynchronous port such as a TY12, SAM, or DT-4000 used as a SAM. A UMI must exist
somewhere in the Datakit/BNS network which has a vport that is either predefined to the
serial port via a service address, or alternatively, the double-dial feature is used. Double-
dial is the capability where the utility will connect to the UMI vport via telnet and then a
second Destination prompt is presented to which the utility will issue the Datakit/BNS dial
string.
The following devices are currently supported.
• 4000XA.
• IP-DSU.
• DT-2020i
• DT-4000.
• DT-4180
• DT-4280
• DT-4284
• DT-9480
• DT-SAM
• UTM
• UMI
When a software upgrade is executed, the configuration data for the product is NOT usually
destroyed
1 . However, it is strongly recommended that the configuration data of a product be saved in
a another location for later restoration in the event that a product should experience a fatal hardware
problem, or be destroyed by fire, water damage, or other calamity.
In order to obtain the utilities, the user contacts TeleComp R&D who will send via email the set of
utilities that are compatible with the operating system of the user’s host platform. The user then FTPs
1 For certain older releases of software in some products, the configuration data is destroyed. These exceptions
are explicitly stated along with details on how to reestablish the configuration data in the release notes for the
particular software version for that product.