Specifications

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Updating ATCA-45xx CPMs
ThischapterdescribestheinstallationofRPMpackagesandtheBIOSdriverforupdating
ATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,ATCA‐4555,andATCA‐4580CPMs.
ThesearetheoperatingsystemssupportedbytheATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,andATCA‐4555
CPMs:
•MontaVista4,32‐bit(MontaVistaCGE4.0i386)
•MontaVista5,64‐bit(MontaVistaCGE5.0x86‐64)
•RedHat5,64‐bit(RedHat5.4x86_64)
•WindRiver2,32‐bit(WindRiverPNE‐LE2.0i686)
•WindRiver2,64‐bit(WindRiverPNE‐LE2.0x86_64)
ThesearetheoperatingsystemssupportedbytheATCA‐4580CPM:
•RedHat5.4,64‐bit
•WindRiver3.0,64‐bit
EachoperatingsystemhasitsownsetofRPMpackagesthatneedtobeinstalledtosupport
automatedupdatesusingrfw‐updateandrsys‐update,ormanualboard‐levelupdatesusing
theindividualupdatetools.Forboard‐levelcomponentupdates,theupdateprocedurenotes
whichRPMpackagesarerequiredforthatupdate.
ContactRadisysSupportifadditionalassistanceisneededforinstallingtherequiredRPM
packagesforspecificoperatingsystems.
Installing the required OS RPM packages
Beforerunningtheupdate,youneedtopreparetheCPMbyinstallingthelatestOSRPMs.
LocatetheRPMsbydecompressingtheATCA‐4500‐<version>.tgz,ATCA‐4550‐<version>.tgz,
orATCA‐4555‐<version>.tgzfileforyourspecificOS.ThefileislocatedintheATCA‐4500,
ATCA‐4550,orATCA‐4555directory
onthesoftwarereleaseimage.TheRPMsareintheRPMS
folderwithinthepackagesfolder.
Table 3onpage 38liststheRadisysRPMpackagesfortheCPM,andprovidesabrieffunctional
descriptionoftheircontents.TheRequiredfortheupdateprocesscolumnindicateswhich
RPMpackagesshouldbeinstalledtosupportbothautomatedandmanualupdatemethods.
Note:DependingonyourOStypeorversion,someoftheRPMslistedarenotsupplied.