Specifications

Chapter 4 Configuration RICi-4E1/T1, RICi-8E1/T1 Installation and Operation Manual
4-38 Additional Tasks RICi-4E1/T1, RICi-8E1/T1 Ver. 2.0
RICi-4E1
Main Menu > Inventory
ID Description Vendor type Class Entity name HWRev
1001 RICi-4E1 Device Chassis RICi-4E1 1.00
4001 Power Supply Power Supply PS
| 7001 Fast Eth Port 1 Port FAST 1
v 7002 Fast Eth Port 2 Port FAST 2
7003 Fast Eth Port 3 Port FAST 3
7004 Fast Eth Port 4 Port FAST 4
7005 E1 Port 1 Port E 1
7006 E1 Port 2 Port E 2
7007 E1 Port 3 Port E 3
7008 E1 Port 4 Port E 4
- > >
>
Figure 4-39. Typical Inventory Screen
Transferring Software and Configuration Files
This section presents procedures for installing new software releases on the
RICi-4E1/T1, RICi-8E1/T1 units, and transferring configuration files.
Two software versions are stored, each of them in one of the two partitions of
its flash memory, which also contains a boot program. The software is stored in
compressed format. The active version is decompressed and loaded into the
unit’s RAM upon power-up. The passive software is kept for backup purposes. If
the active software becomes corrupted, you can swap it with the backup. By
default, the unit is delivered with active software only.
New software releases are distributed as *.img files, which are downloaded to
RICi-4E1/T1, RICi-8E1/T1. When starting a download, the current backup is erased
and the new software placed in the backup partition. When downloading is
complete, the unit checks the integrity of the new software file. If it is correct,
the backup and active files are swapped. The new software release becomes
active and the former active software becomes the backup. If a failure occurs
while downloading, the new version is erased. In this case, only one version is left
stored in the flash memory.
Configuration files can be uploaded for storage and backup.
³ To transfer files via TFTP:
1. Navigate to Main menu > Utilities > File Transfer.
The File Transfer menu appears as illustrated in
Figure 4-40 .