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Software Upgrade

9145E NID Software User’s Manual

Software Upgrades Using FTP or SFTP

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Where directory name is the name of the directory where the software upgrade is
located.

5. Press Enter. The prompt will be relocated to that directory.

6. At the directory prompt, type ftp IP address.

Where IP address is the management IP address for the 9145E.

7. Press Enter. Service will be established.

8. Type your 9145E account username and password and press Enter.

9. Type your password and press Enter. The ftp> prompt opens.

10. At the ftp> prompt, type cd BURNING (case sensitive) and press Enter.

11. At the ftp> prompt, type bi (for binary) and press Enter. This informs the 9145E that this

will be a binary rather than a text download. Another ftp> prompt will open.

12. At the ftp> prompt, type put (filename)

Where (filename) is the filename of the software upgrade. The command will be accepted
and the download starts.

NOTE: The 9145E displays the number of bytes transferred. A separate message indicates the

Flash Burning status, including percentage complete.

13. Once the software upgrade is downloaded, a notification that the data connection has

been closed and that the upgrade is being written to the 9145E flash memory will be
displayed.

14. When the upgrade has been completely written to memory, a record of the file transfer will

be displayed.

15. Close the Command Prompt window.

8.6.2 Software Download using SFTP

For secure file transferring, the 9145E provides a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server.
The server is available to run with the SFTP client of your choice.

NOTE: Use the default settings for the SFTP Client program.

1. Start your Secure File Transfer Client and select Quick Connect or Open.

2. Enter the IP address of your 9145E, and your 9145E username.

3. A dialog opens. If this is your first time contacting the host, you will be asked if you want to

use the keys. Click OK and a password dialog opens.

4. Enter your password for the 9145E account. Type cd BURNING (case sensitive) and

press Enter to direct the software upgrade to the proper directory in the 9145E.

5. Transfer the software upgrade to the BURNING directory.

6. Type the file name and press Enter. If you are using a GUI SFTP client, you can drag and

drop the upgrade file.

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