H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches - Manual (Page 123)

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IDLE state
Patches that have not been loaded are in IDLE state. You cannot install or run these patches. As shown
in Figure 36 , the patch memory area can load up to eight patches.
The patch memory area supports up to 200 patches.
Figure 36 Patches that are not loaded to the patch memory area
DEACTIVE state
Patches in DEACTIVE state have been loaded to the patch memory area but have not run in the system.
Suppose the patch file you are loading has seven patches. After the seven patches successfully pass the
version check and CRC check, they are loaded to the patch memory area and are in DEACTIVE state. In
the patch memory area, patch states are as shown in Figure 37 .
Figure 37 Patch states in the patch memory area after a patch file is loaded
ACTIVE state
Patches in ACTIVE state run temporarily in the system and become DEACTIVE at a reboot. For the seven
patches in Figure 37 , if you activate the first five patches, their states change from DEACTIVE to ACTIVE.
The patch states in the system are as shown in Figure 38 .
The patches that are in ACTIVE state are in DEACTIVE state at a reboot.