User`s guide

Downloading Firmware
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108 TCP/IP AXEL Platine Terminal
This feature may be used to upgrade TCP/IP AX3000 firmware over a network.
Firmware can be downloaded, for example to add or improve AX3000 features
or to add terminal emulations.
IMPORTANT: firmware can only be downloaded to an AX3000 equipped with
flash memory. On AX3000s not equipped with flash memory, the download
options are not available within AX3000 Set-Up.
Firmware can be downloaded in either of two ways:
-
tftp
protocol: the operator must enter the location of the firmware file.
-
bootp
and
tftp
protocol: this is an automatic procedure. The necessary
parameters will already be available from the UNIX configuration.
Whichever method is used, the firmware file is downloaded from a host (called
tftp host). Following this operation the AX3000 is automatically reset and the
new firmware is enabled.
These two methods can be run either:
- by the
rcmd
command, entered from any network host (remote
administration) or
- through the Set-Up (for the AX3000 to be upgraded).
Note concerning SCO UNIX: the SCO default configuration doesn't launch the
tftp
and
bootp
daemons. To launch these daemons, modify the file
/etc/inetd.conf
by removing the '#' comment character, from the
beginning of the line(s) associated with
tftp
and/or
bootps
, and reboot the
UNIX host.