Specifications

Chapter 4: Upgrading the Ridgeline Software
Ridgeline Installation and Upgrade Guide
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Table 2 summarizes the options for installing and upgrading the Ridgeline software.
Installing a Service Pack Release
From time to time, Extreme Networks releases updates to the current Ridgeline software as Service
Packs. Service Packs are minor releases that provide fixes for known problems from previous releases.
A Service Pack is released as a software patch that integrates the Service Pack fixes into an existing
Ridgeline installation. If you already have the Ridgeline software installed on your system when a
Service Pack is released, you can add the Service Pack updates by installing the patch release.
You can install a Service Pack release only on top of an existing base version of the same Ridgeline
release. If you are still running the previous major release, you cannot install the Service Pack release.
Instead, you must first install the full-installation version of the base version software. Follow the
normal installation instructions under “Installing the Ridgeline Server” on page 13.
To summarize, upgrading to a Ridgeline Service Pack release consists of the following steps:
1 Install the base version of the Ridgeline software (if it is not already installed).
2 Install the Ridgeline Service Pack.
NOTE
It is strongly recommended that you backup your Ridgeline database before installing a Service Pack. If
you need to uninstall the Service Pack and revert to the previous release for any reason, you will need to restore
the database as it was prior to the upgrade.
Table 2: Ridgeline Installation and Upgrade Options
Release Type Contents Available Formats When to Install How to Install
Base Ridgeline
Installation
Major Ridgeline
software release
• Ridgeline installation
CD
• Large file downloadable
from the Extreme
Networks web site
You want to perform a
fresh Ridgeline
installation/upgrade to a
new major release.
See “Installing the
Ridgeline Server” on
page 13.
Service Pack New features and
software fixes
• Smaller file that installs
on top of an existing
Ridgeline installation
and integrates the
Service Pack features
and fixes into the
existing installation.
You already have a
base Ridgeline software
release installed and you
want to install the
Service Pack features
and fixes.
See “Installing a
Service Pack
Release” on
page 42.
EPICenter to
Ridgeline
Major Ridgeline
software release
• Ridgeline installation
CD
• Large file downloadable
from the Extreme
Networks web site
You have a prior version
of EPICenter or
Ridgeline Service
Advisor software
installed and you want to
install the Ridgeline
software.
See “Upgrading
from EPICenter or
Ridgeline Service
Advisor to
Ridgeline” on
page 46.