Cabletron Systems CyberSWITCH CSX150 Quick Start Manual

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QUICK START26 CyberSWITCHL OCAL U PGRADE OF THE S ECOND S TAGE B OOT (SSB)To locally upgrade the second stage boot (SSB), follow these steps:1. Restart the CyberSWITCH.2. When “Waiting for Commands:” appears on the system screen, enter the following command:recover3. Wait for the system to respond with the prompt “Ready for Hex Download”. Using yourcommunications program:• Select ASCII to be the protocol used for the file transfer.• Change character spacing to “0”. (This may be called by another name in somecommunications packages. For example, some programs call it character pacing.)• Set line spacing (or pacing) to “0”.• insert the CSX CD into the CD drive of your administration console.• Enter the name of the file to be transferred, using the complete pathname. For example,D:\CSX150\US\IPIPX\RECOVER1.4. You will receive a message if the upgrade completes successfully. The system will thenautomatically reboot.L OCAL U PGRADE OF THE O PERATIONAL S OFTWARE (OSW)To locally upgrade the operational software (OSW) of your system, follow these steps:1. Change the CyberSWITCH system’s baud rate to be the fastest baud rate supported by yourcommunications package (up to 115.2 Kbps). Change the baud rate as described on page 22.2. Login to the CyberSWITCH as admin.3. At the system prompt, enter the command:flash updateThis message is displayed:4. At this time you should press “Y” . After 30 seconds, you will see the startup messages.5. When it displays the download message, “Ready for Xmodem Download,” return to yourcommunication program and use the “XMODEM” protocol for the software download.6. Enter the name of the file that is to be downloaded, using the complete pathname. For example,D:\CSX150\US\IPIPX\UPGRADE.OSW.Note: Your terminal program may display a character for the NAK control code, typically thecharacter “§“. This will be displayed every second until the download has started.7. After the file has been downloaded, the system will reboot automatically and load using thenew software.