76 Upgrading the NVG SoftwareFor minor and major releases, the software upgrade will take partsynchronously among the set of VPN Gateways in a cluster. If one ormore VPN Gateways are not operational when the software is upgraded,they will automatically pick up the new version when they are started.Note: If more than one software upgrade has been performed to acluster while a VPN Gateway has been out of operation, the VPNGateway must be reinstalled with the software version currently in usein that cluster. For more information about how to perform a reinstall,see “Reinstalling the Software” (page 70).When you have downloaded the software upgrade package, you caninspect its status with the /boot/software/cur command.Step Action1 At the Software Management# prompt, enter the followingcommand:>> Software Management# curVersion Name Status------- ---- ------7.0.1 SSL unpacked5.1.5 SSL permanentThe downloaded software upgrade package is indicated with thestatus unpacked. The software versions can be marked withone out of four possible status values. The meaning of thesestatus values are:• unpacked means that the software upgrade package hasbeen downloaded and automatically decompressed.• permanent means that the software is operational and willsurvive a reboot of the system.• old means the software version has been permanent butis not currently operational. If a software version marked oldis available, it is possible to switch back to this version byactivating it again.• current means that a software version marked as old orunpacked has been activated. As soon as the system hasperformed the necessary health checks, the current statuschanges to permanent.To activate the unpacked software upgrade package, use theactivate command.2 At the Software Management# prompt, enter:Nortel VPN GatewayUser GuideNN46120-104 02.01 Standard14 April 2008Copyright © 2007-2008 Nortel Networks.
