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Installation and Operation Manual Chapter B Boot Manager
RICi-E3, RICi-T3 Ver. 1.0 Transferring the Software and Configuration Files B-3
B.2 Transferring the Software and Configuration
Files
New software releases are distributed as separate files, which are downloaded to
RICi-E3, RICi-T3 using the XMODEM protocol or TFTP from the Boot Manager
menu. You may also download a new software release via TFTP, when the
RICi-E3, RICi-T3 management software is already running
(Main menu > Utilities > File Transfer).
The TFTP protocol can also be used for uploading configuration files that contain
the RICi-E3, RICi-T3 database to the management station. Administrators can use
this capability to distribute verified configuration files to all other units that use
the similar configuration.
Downloading Application Files via XMODEM
Downloading application files using the XMODEM protocol is performed from the
Boot Manager menu.
 To download application file via XMODEM:
1. Configure your ASCII terminal or terminal emulation utility running on your PC
to A DATA RATE OF 115.2 Kbps.
2. Navigate to the Boot Manager menu.
The Boot Manager menu appears as illustrated in
Figure B-1 .
3. From the Boot Manager menu, select Download Files or an Application by
XMODEM.
RICi-E3, RICi-T3 displays the following message:
Select Copy number for download (0)
4. Select the backup partition by typing its number, 0 or 1.
RICi-E3, RICi-T3 responds with the following string:
Please start the XMODEM download.
5. Send the software release file to RICi-E3, RICi-T3 using the XMODEM utility of
you terminal application.
Once the downloading is completed, RICi-E3, RICi-T3 saves the new release as
an active partition, the former active partition turns into backup, and the
boot sequence continues normally.
If a failure occurs during the download, the partially downloaded software is
erased. In this case, only active software is left in the flash memory.