Specifications

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Introduction to the update process
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Overview of the update process
Using rfw-update to update one or more Promentum shelves
ThebasicprocedureforupdatingoneormorePromentumshelvesisasfollows.Additional
informationabouteachstepisprovidedinthisdocument.
1. Plantheupdatebyreadingthisdocumentandidentifyingtheproductstoupdate.See
page 13.
2. ObtaintheupdatebundlesfromRadisys.Seepage 17.
3. PreparetheLinuxhostwhererfw‐updatewillberun.Seepage 18.
4. UpdateIPMCFPGAdeviceswhererequired.Seepage 20.
5. CreateaconfigurationfiletoidentifythePromentumATCAproductstoupdate,alongwith
theirIPaddressesandbasicupdateorder.Seepage 21.
6. Runtherfw‐updateutilitytostarttheupdate.Seepage 26.
Note:Thersys‐updateuti litycanstillbeusedforindividualmoduleupdates.Seepage 31.
7. FromtheATCA‐2210SCMthatisrunningtheactiveShelfManager,issuea
rediscoverShelfcommandtomakesuretheHPIRPTinformationissynchronizedwith
thenewversionsrunninginthe system.Seepage 29.
About rsys-update and rfw-update
rsys-update
• Utilityforupdatingthefirmwarebanksonasinglemodule
•Mustbeinvokedtwicetoupdatebothsetsofbanks
• Runsonthemodulebeingupdatedoritsfrontmodule,suchastheATCA‐2210SCMfor
theATCA‐5010orATCA‐5014SPM
•UserspecifiesapathorURLtothe
upgradebundle
• Updatesthestandbybanksofeachcomponentandthenactivatesthemasaset;by
default,thetoolskipsupdateswhenthebankandfileversionsmatc h,butdoesnotskip
activation
• Suppliedasbashsource,allowingeasylocalenhancement
SeeChapter9,Installingpreviousfirmwareorsoftwareversions,on
page 76fordetailsabout
thersys‐updatecommandoptionsusedinthisdocument.