Quick Start Guide

Designed for Operators, by Operators
127 | P a g e
3.6.1 Automatic Upgrade
The Base Station software upgrade process can be performed using a single automatic operation. This
performs the following procedure while providing continual upgrade status to the User.
1. Loads the software image file from a user defined location using FTP, HTTP, or HTTPS.
2. Unpacks the downloaded software image, verifies the image integrity (CRC and MD5 checksum),
and prepares for installation.
3. Performs operations to distribute the software image to the various components of the Base
Station.
4. Selects the new software image installed as the partition to be used after the next Base Station
reboot.
5. Reboots the Base Station.
To execute the Single-Step Software Upgrade Procedure, at the Main Web GUI Interface Screen the
Configuration Tab, then the software Main Menu Option and then the automaticUpgrade Main Menu
Sub-Element. The User will be presented with two main grouping sections (Figure 132).
In the Load selected image from server, set nextBoot bank and Reboot section, enter the URL of the new
software image in the SW Image URL box. There are a variety of formats of the URL of remote source file
is. These can be displayed if the User selects the "help" key. These URL formats are defined as:
• ftp://[user[:password]@]hostname[:port]/filepath
• http://hostname[:port]/filepath
• https://hostname[:port]/filepath
Where [ ] indicates optional items. Thus,
• user:password@ is optional, and the :password part can be omitted
• [:port] is also optional
Examples using ftp (you can substitute http or https):
• ftp://myhost.com/filename
• ftp://myhost.com/directory/filename
• ftp://myhost.com:2323/directory/filename
ftp://[e-mail]:2323/directoryname/filename
ftp://myname:[e-mail]:2323/directoryname/filename
URL of remote source file; format is as follows:
• protocol://[user[:password]]@host[:port]/path protocol can be ftp,
http, or https