Load all default settings, Updating software, Update via xmodem – ADTRAN MX2800 M13 User Manual

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Section 3, Configuration

MX2800 M13 Multiplexer User Manual

Load All Default Settings

This option defaults all settings for the unit. Once the settings have been successfully retrieved, Command
Accepted will appear at the bottom of the screen

CAUTION

The User Account Management table is also reset to default.

Updating Software

Select

Update Flash Software

from the Utilities menu to update software, using either XModem protocol

or TFTP.

NOTE

Before beginning update of Flash software, disable the Auto Save feature
of the MX2800. From the

Configuration

menu, choose

System

Management

, then select

Auto Save

and toggle until it is set to

Disable

.

Update Via XModem

Updating the Flash Software via XModem requires that a VT100 terminal menu session be active through
the units craft port. To update the software via XModem, follow these steps:

1. From the MX2800 Main Menu, select

Configuration

, then

Utilities

, then

Update Flash Software

, and

then

Update via XModem

.

2. Once it has been determined where the new binary file is located, select

Start

to begin the transfer.

3. Once

Start

has been selected, start the XModem transfer from the terminal menu program that is being

used by selecting or typing the file path for the location of the new binary file. Refer to the appropriate
documentation for the terminal emulator to begin XModem transfer.

4. After the binary file has been selected, the XModem transfer will begin. To cancel a transfer in

progress, press

C

TRL

+X

three times. The

ACT

LED on the active card is solid amber for the duration of

XModem transfer. The

ACT

LED on the standby card is flashing green.

5. If updating a unit with redundant controller cards, the active controller will begin uploading the new

code to the standby controller after the XModem transfer has completed and the unit has successfully
loaded and programmed the new software into its Flash memory. If the unit does not have redundant
controller cards, go to

Step 7

.

6. While the standby card is having code uploaded, the

ACT

LED on the standby card will be solid

amber. After the code has finished uploading to the standby card, the card will reset itself and begin
running the new code.

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