Specifications

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Performing an update using rfw-update
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Determine which modules require an IPMC FPGA update
IPMCFPGAdevicesshouldbeupdatedseparatelyusingrsys‐updatebeforerunningrfw‐
updatetoautomaticallyupdatetheothermodulecomponents.Thisseparateupdateis
requiredsotherfw‐updateprocessrunswithoutinterruptionanddoesnotrequiremanual
userintervention.
TheIPMCFPGAupdateisrequiredonlyiftheinstalledversionoftheIPMCFPGAdiffersfrom
theversionprovidedwiththelatestsoftwarerelease.Followthesestepstodeterminewhich
modulesrequireIPMCFPGAupdates:
1. ChecktheIPMCFPGAversiononeachsystemmodulebyrunningthefollowingcommand
ontheATCA‐2210LMPcommandline:
rsys‐ipmitool‐t<moduleIPMBaddress>hpmcheck
SeeTable 6onpage 86fortheIPMBaddressesofallIPMCsinthesystem.
2. DeterminethecurrentversionoftheIPMCFPGAfirmware.Thisinformationislistedinthe
productrevisionlevelstableofthecurrentPromentumsoftwarereleasenotes.The
releasenotesareavailableonthePromentumsoftwareproductmedia.
SeeStep4:UpdateIPMCFPGAdevicesonpage 20forIPMCFPGAupdateinstructions.
Step 2: Obtain the update bundles from Radisys
ThelatestPromentumsoftwareimagemaybeavailableatwww.Radisys.com/downloads.
BrowsetothePromentumSYS‐6014/SYS‐6016downloadspageanddownloadthe
Promentumsoftwa rereleaseZIPfi lefromtheSoftwaredownloadssection.ExtracttheISO
imageandoptionallycreateaDVDcontainingthemoduleupdatebundles.ContactRadisys
SupportforthePromentumimageifthelatestversionisnotavailableontheRadisyswebsite.
Foreachmodulesupportedbyrfw‐update,theimagecontains:
• Anupdatebundleendinginfirmware.tgz.Theupdatebundlepackageisoptimizedfor
thersys‐updateandrfw‐updatetools.Thepackageshouldonlybeusedwhenupgrading
usingrsys‐updateandrfw‐update.Theupdatebundlealsocontainsthelatestversionof
thersys‐updateandrfw‐updateutilities,aswellasscriptstoperformtheupdate.Multiple
updatebundlesareprovidedwhenmultipleoperatingsystemsaresupported.
• Auserbundleendingin<version>.tgz.
Thisfileisapackagecontainingthetools,
supportingapplications,sourcefiles,anddocumentationneededfordevelopment.The
userbundle.tgzfileisusuallyofsignificantsize.
Note: ThefirmwareupdatesfortheATCA‐5010andtheATCA‐5014SPMsareincludedinthe
ATCA‐2210firmwareupdatebundle.