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Re: (ASCEND) Max TNT upgrade from 1.2ap12 to 1.3Ap6



Hi Kevin and All,

Dans son message (In his/her message), Kevin Smith ecrivait (wrote) :
> At 05:04 PM 10/2/97 -0700, Joseph Hickman wrote:
> 
> >>>>
> Special purpose upgrade procedure
> If you are upgrading to a release that includes new slot card code or if
> you have never
> performed an upgrade using a tar file, follow these steps:
> 1 Download the binaries from Ascend's FTP server to a local host.
> 2 Log into the MAX TNT.
> 3 Load the upgrade shelf-controller software. For example, to load via TFTP
> from host1:
> admin> load boot-sr network host1 tntsr.bin
> 4 Load the upgrade tar file. For example:
> admin> load tar network host1 tntrel.tar
> Note: This load might not be successful. It might stop with the error
> message "load
> aborted: invalid image ..." This is okay.

Experience on my side has shown that you can increase reliability of this
process by adding a step :
3.a Reset the unit so that the new SR code is active when you download
the tar file...

Regards,
Paul

Paul Rolland, rol@oleane.net
OLEANE SA/Service Technique/Directeur Technique Adjoint
OLEANE SA/Technical Service/Deputy Technical Manager

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