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ATTO Technology FibreBridge 1180E/D Installation and Operation Manual
10 Updating firmware
The ATTO FibreBridge has several processors which control the flow of data. The firmware to control
these processors can easily be upgraded in the field using the
WriteBuffer
command over the in-band
Fibre Channel connection, or
ZModem
utility over an RS-232 serial connection.
The FibreBridge firmware is a compressed .JAR
file available on the ATTO Technology, Inc. web
site at www.attotech.com.
To use the ZModem command over the RS-232
serial link to load new firmware:
1 Uncompress the.JAR file obtained from the
ATTO Technology Inc. website
(www.attotech.com) into an image file
(.IMA).
Note: the .JAR file can be uncompressed using
any utility that supports the “zip” format.
2 Load a Terminal Program such as Hyper
Terminal.
3 Set the terminal and the FibreBridge for the
highest possible baud rate for your terminal.
Default parameters are: 9600 baud, N, 8, 1
no handshaking and ASCII Terminal.
4 Turn on power to the FibreBridge.
5 Once the Ready prompt appears, type
ZMODEM RECEIVE
. The FibreBridge will
display that it is preparing to receive a file
from your terminal program.
6 On the terminal program, choose
Transfer
Send File
7 In the Send File Box, enter the current
FibreBridge .ima file or click the browse
button to find it
8 Click
Send File
9 The FibreBridge should acknowledge
receiving the file and display a message not
to interrupt power for 90 seconds.
Do not
interrupt the flash process.
Do not
power down the host or the FibreBridge
until the display returns the
Ready
prompt.
Interrupting the flash process will make your
FibreBridge inoperable and you will have to
return it to ATTO Technology for repair.
10 Once the download is complete, cycle
power on the FibreBridge to invoke the new
firmware.
WARNING
Do not interrupt the flash process. Do not
power down the host or the FibreBridge until the
display returns the
Ready
prompt. Interrupting the
flash process will make your FibreBridge inoperable
and you will have to return it to ATTO Technology for
repair.