Specifications

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Using rsys-update for single product updates
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rsys-update help
Twoformsofhelpareavailableforrsys‐updateifanupdatebundleisspecifiedinthehelp
command.Usethehelpcommandstoviewthersys‐updatecommandsyntax.
Help on retrieving the update bundle
Whenthersys‐updatehelpcommandisenteredwithoutspecifyinganupdatebundle,the
utilityonlygiveshelponhowitcanbeusedtoretrieveanupdatebundle.Toobtainthishelp
information,enterthiscommandattheLinuxshell:
rsys‐update‐‐help
Help on updating the ATCA module
Moredetailedhelpisavailablewhentheupdatebundleispresentandspecifiedinthehelp
commandbecausethebundlecontentsprovideinformationaboutwhichcomponentscanbe
updated.Thehelpalsoincludesinformationonhowtoupdatethefirmwareandsoftware
componentsontheATCAmodule.EnterthiscommandattheLinuxshell:
rsys‐update‐‐help‐‐path<update‐bundle>
Using URLs with rsys-update
ThesupportedURLprotocolsareSFTPandTFTP.Ifthewgetutilityisinstalledonthe module,
FTP,HTTP,andHTTPSarealsosupported.
Note:UseFTPorSFTPtoachievethe bestperformanceandreducetheupdatetime.
WhenaURLisspecified,theupdatebundleisdownloadedtothemoduleat/<tmp‐
dir>/<update‐bundle>.tgz.Thetarballisextractedintothedirectory/<tmp‐dir>/<update‐
bundle>/.TheURLformatspecifiesthemethodusedtocopythebundlefromthehosttothe
module:
rsys‐update‐‐pathsftp://<username>@<hostip>/<update‐bundle>.tgz
rsys‐update‐‐pathtftp://<hostip>/<update‐bundle>.tgz
TheURLbeginningwith“sftp”usesSSHfordatatransfer,andusesthesameauthentication
andprovidesthesamesecurityasSSH.Theprocesspromptsyouforpasswordsorpass
phrasesiftheyareneededforauthentication.Thefilenamemaycontainahostanduser
specificationtoindicatethefileistobecopiedfromthathost.Thersys‐updateutilityassumes
thatSSHisavailableontheremotehost.
TheURLbeginningwith“tftp”usesTFTPfordatatransfer.Thersys‐updateutilityassumes
thataTFTPserverisaccessiblefromthemoduleandtheupdatebundleisinthe
/tftpboot
directory.
Note:IfproblemsoccurwiththeTFTPdatatransfer,makesuretheTFTPserverisaccessible
fromthemodule.DothisbyattemptingtoconnecttotheTFTPserverusingtheTFTPutility
fromtheLinuxshell.Forbestperformance,useeitherFTPorSFTP.