Service manual

Downloading Director Firmware and Software

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Repair Information

— Hold the duster upright and keep the air nozzle

approximately 50 millimeters (two inches) from the end of the

component.

— Blow compressed air or HFC-134a gas on the surfaces and end

of the connector for approximately five seconds.

Figure 4-13 Clean Fiber-Optic Components

3. Gentlywipe theend-face andother surfacesof theconnector with

an alcohol pad (part B of Figure 4-13). Ensure the pad makes full

contact with the surface to be cleaned. Wait approximately five

seconds for cleaned surfaces to dry.

4. Repeat step 2 and step 3 of this procedure (second cleaning).

5. Repeat step 2 and step 3 of this procedure again (third cleaning),

then reconnect the fiber-optic cable to the port.

Downloading Director Firmware and Software

Firmware is the director operating code stored in FLASH memory on

theCTPcard.Upto32firmwareversionscanbestoredonthe

management server hard driveand made available for download to a

director through the Element Manager application. Multiple

firmware versions can be stored on a browser PC hard drive and

made available for download to the director from the EFCM Basic

Edition interface.

This section presents the procedures of:

• Downloading firmware and software versions from the McDATA

Filecenter;

• Downloading firmware and software versions to the director

from the Element Manger Application; and