Specifications

Chapter 2 Provisioning
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2.2.8 User Password Setup
From the main menu page, press the 'P' key to enter the Password Setup. There are two user setups.
<< Password Setup >>
<1>: User Name #1: [ -------- ]
Password: [ ******** ]
<2>: User Name #2: [ -------- ]
Password: [ ******** ]
<ESC>: Go to previous menu.
Please select an item.
Enable User #1?['y' or 'n']
User Name #1=admin
User Password #1=
In the first software release, two users are configurable in the FRM220 NMC. Currently, either user will have full
control over all configuration and monitoring functions of the management system. In some future release, the
management will be divided between different access levels and users will be assigned a level appropriate to their
level of authority in the management scheme. For now, set at least one user and password to protect Telnet and
Web access against unauthorized personnel.
2.2.9 Upgrading the NMC
The NMC and any cards, including any remotely connected (over fiber) in-band managed converters, are all
capable of online software upgrade. The original version 1.0 hardware NMC was released with SNMP code version
1.xx for the FRM220. In March of 2010, the code had progressed to 2.xx branch. By August of 2010, NMC-R2
(Ram increased from 16 to 32MB) was released and follows the 3.xx code branch. As of this manual edition, both
2.xx and 3.xx codes are being maintained.
The purpose of this section is to outline the procedures and pitfalls in upgrading the NMC of the FRM220.
2.2.9.1 Preconditions
Software upgrade is performed by the user by interacting with the NMC via the serial console port on an ASCII
terminal (optionally via Telnet or Web). The software transfer mechanism is the TCP/IP protocol TFTP (Trivial File
Transfer Protocol). The end user or network engineer can perform an upgrade easily from one personal computer
or from a Laptop Computer connected to the same network as the NMC.
2.2.9.2 Items required
a. The FRM220 unit with NMC installed, configured and network connected. Version 1.XX to be upgraded to version 1.YY.
b. A Windows® based PC with a network connection and with at least one free COM port and terminal emulation software
(such as HyperTerminal), PuTTY or Telnet.
c. Serial console cable (DB9M to DB9F) [not required if performing by Telnet or Web]
d. Ethernet UTP cables
e. FRM220-NMC latest version kernel and romfs file system
f. Free TFTP server for Windows® (Ph. Jounin TFTP32)
2.2.9.3 Equipment Setup
The upgrade procedure should not have any effect on the traffic passing through an online FRM220 unit. It is
not required that the unit be taken offline for maintenance. It is also a good idea to do a reset of the NMC prior to
upgrading. The internal memory will become fragmented over a long period of uptime and this could lead to not
having enough contiguous space to hold the newly extracted image prior to flashing.
Two connections are required between the PC that will do the upgrade and the FRM220 that will be upgraded.
First, a console connection, with terminal emulation program such as HyperTerminal with settings of 115.2K baud,
8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control. The second connection is an Ethernet connection, either through a
network or with a direct connection via UTP cable.
Check the Ethernet settings of the FRM220 through the console mode. Either change the settings to match the
network settings of your PC or set the PC's settings to match the FRM220's network settings. In the following
example, we are on a 192.168.1.0 network with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and a default gateway of
192.168.1.254. Our PC is set with an IP address of 192.168.1.100 and our FRM220 has an IP address of
192.168.1.1 (factory default settings).
Keyin: 1
Keyin: y
Keyin: username &
p
assword