Managing software for a nortel snas device – Nortel Networks 5500 series User Manual

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/boot

followed by:

The

/boot/delete

command is primarily intended for

when you want to delete a Nortel SNAS device in one
of the following situations :

The device has become isolated from the cluster,

The device has been physically removed from the
cluster without first performing the

/cfg/sys/host

#/delete

command.

In these situations, you must use the

/boot/delete

command to present the Setup menu, from which you
can perform the

new

and

join

commands.

Managing software for a Nortel SNAS device

To view, download, and activate software versions for the Nortel SNAS
device to which you are connected, use the following command:

/boot/software

The Software Management menu appears.

The Software Management menu includes the following options:

/boot/software

followed by:

cur

the status of the software versions on the particular
device to which are connected. The status options are:

permanent

—the software version that is currently

operational

old

—the software version that preceded the

currently operational software version

unpacked

—the software upgrade package has

been downloaded but not yet activated

If you activate a software version indicated as either

unpacked

or

old

, the status of that version is

propagated to

permanent

. The software status

change occurs after the Nortel SNAS device performs
a reboot.

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch

Using the Command Line Interface

NN47230-100

03.01

Standard

28 July 2008

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