Upgrading Routers from Version 7–9.xx to Version 10.0 Router Software Version 10.0 Site Manager Software Version 4.0 Part No. 112939 Rev.
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Contents About This Guide Audience ..........................................................................................................................xiii Before You Begin .............................................................................................................xiv Bay Networks Customer Support ....................................................................................xiv CompuServe ..........................................................................................
Using Quick2Config to Configure AN, ANH, and ASN Routers to Support Router Software ...............................................................................2-7 Initial Upgrade Preparations ...........................................................................................2-8 Task 1: Satisfying Startup Requirements .................................................................2-8 Task 2: Inspecting Your Upgrade Kit .........................................................................
Chapter 5 Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files Task 1: Upgrading PROMs in a Router ...........................................................................5-1 Determining Whether to Upgrade PROMs in a Router ............................................5-2 Why You Upgrade Boot PROMs ........................................................................5-2 Why You Upgrade Diagnostic PROMs ...............................................................
Appendix B Configuration-specific Issues Affecting Router Upgrades Verifying X.25 Certification Requirements ..................................................................... B-1 Configuring FN, AFN, ALN, CN, or BN Routers to Run X.25 .................................. B-2 Ensuring that Link Modules Pass X.25 Certification ............................................... B-2 Reviewing Standard Point-to-Point Connection Guidelines ...........................................
Figures Figure 1-1. Figure 3-1. Figure 3-2. Figure 3-3. Figure 4-1. Figure 4-2. Figure 4-3. Figure 5-1. Figure 5-2. Figure 5-3. Figure 5-4. Figure B-1. Router Upgrade Process .........................................................................1-2 Site Manager Window ..............................................................................3-5 Open Window .........................................................................................3-10 Image Builder Window with Current Components .....
Tables Table 1-1. Table 1-2. Table 1-3. Table 2-1. Table 2-2. Table 2-3. Table 2-4. Table 3-1. Table 3-2. Table 4-1. Table 5-1. Table 5-2. Table 5-3. Table A-1. Table B-1. Table B-2. Router Upgrade Task Summary ...............................................................1-3 Reference Books for Upgrading Routers .................................................1-5 Configuration-specific Situations Affecting Router Upgrades ..................
About This Guide If you are responsible for upgrading Bay Networks™ router software from Version 7–9.xx to Version 10.0, you need to read this guide. Refer to this guide for • An overview of the router upgrade process and a summary of router upgrade tasks (Chapter 1) • Router upgrade prerequisites and initial upgrade preparations (Chapter 2) • Instructions for installing Site Manager 4.0 and Router Software Version 10.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Before You Begin Before using this guide, you must complete the following procedures: • Ensure that your router is currently running a version of Bay Networks 7–9.xx router software. Also, be sure that you are running Bay Networks Site Manager Version 1.xx or later. • Ensure that the router you want to upgrade meets Version 10.0 hardware and Flash free-space prerequisites.
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About This Guide LN Line Node MAC media access control MIB Management Information Base OSPF Open Shortest Path First PPP Point-to-Point Protocol PPX Parallel Packet Express PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory RAM random-access memory RIP Routing Information Protocol SIMM Single In-line Memory Module SPEX Stack Packet Exchange SPEX-HS Stack Packet Exchange-Hot-Swaps TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol xix
Chapter 1 Router Upgrade Overview This chapter describes the router upgrade process, summarizes the tasks that make up the router upgrade process, and provides a checklist of important guidelines and tips for upgrading routers. Router Upgrade Process The process for upgrading routers from Version 7–9.xx to Version 10.0 consists of four separate phases as depicted in Figure 1-1. Each phase includes a series of tasks that you must perform.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7–9.xx to Version 10.0 • Verify upgrade prerequisites Phase 1: Preparing to Upgrade • Satisfy startup requirements • Inspect your upgrade kit • Review configuration-specific issues Phase 2: Starting the Upgrade • Install Site Manager Version 4.0 • Install Router Software Version 10.
Router Upgrade Overview Router Upgrade Task Summary Table 1-1 summarizes the tasks that make up the router upgrade process. Refer to this table when you need to find information about a specific upgrade topic quickly. Table 1-1. Router Upgrade Task Summary To Do This Refer to Chapter Satisfy startup requirements 2, Task 1 Inspect your upgrade kit to ensure that it contains the requisite router and Site Manager upgrade components. (Refer to Table 2-4.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7–9.xx to Version 10.0 Table 1-1. Router Upgrade Task Summary (continued) Refer to Chapter To Do This Boot the router with your customized software image: 5, Task 2 1. Prepare the router to receive a customized software image. 2. Transfer a new software image to the router. 3. Boot the router with the customized software image. Upgrade your existing Version 7.xx, 8.xx or 9.0x configuration files to Version 10.0. 5, Task 3 • Booting the 7–9.
Router Upgrade Overview Table 1-2.
Chapter 2 Preparing to Upgrade This chapter describes prerequisites for upgrading routers from Version 7–9.xx to Version 10.0. It also provides helpful tips for upgrading routers and describes initial router upgrade preparations.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 2. Complete any planned (optional) upgrade from 2-MB Flash to 4-MB or 8-MB Flash support on your router. This procedure includes a Boot PROM upgrade for the processor module in which your Flash card resides. For example, if you have a VME-based router, you upgrade your Flash card on a System Controller 2 (SYSCON-II) card. If you have a BN router, you upgrade your Flash card in each of your FRE or FRE-2 processor modules. Router Software Version 10.
Preparing to Upgrade Contiguous Free Space on a Flash Volume You must determine the amount of contiguous free space required on a Flash card to accommodate your customized Version 10.0 router software image and configuration files. The amount of contiguous free space available on the target Flash volume must be greater than the combined size of your customized Version 10.0 image and associated files (such as config, ti.cfg, install.bat, and, if appropriate, a Version 10.0 PROM image).
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Backing Up Your Files Store backup copies of the configuration files on the Site Manager workstation. To prevent confusion, use a log to record the location, name, and purpose of each configuration file you back up. Organizing and naming the backup files on the Site Manager workstation will also help you prevent mix-ups. Caution: Always back up a file before deleting it. This includes configuration and log files.
Preparing to Upgrade In order for the memory card to accommodate a file, the file’s size must be less than or equal to the “contiguous free space.” The “contiguous free space” is the number of bytes of unused space. If the file you want to store is less than the “available free space,” but more than the “contiguous free space,” compact the existing files first. When you finish compacting files on a memory card, the “contiguous free space” matches the “available free space.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Table 2-2. Router Software Image Types (continued) Router Router Software Image Device That Image Runs On ASN asn.exe Flash card BLN bn.exe Flash card BCN bn.exe Flash card ™ AN an.exe Flash Single Inline Memory Modules (SIMMs) CN, FN, LN (VME) ace.out Flash card Refer to Modifying Software Images for Routers for detailed information about software images.
Preparing to Upgrade See Chapter 5 “Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files” for instructions on how to verify the current PROM version on your router. Maintaining Consistent Files in Multiple Memory Cards If the router uses multiple memory cards, make sure that each file is consistent in each memory card designated for storing files of that type. For example, if you make a change to a router software image or configuration file, save the file to each memory card that contains the same files.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Initial Upgrade Preparations Initial preparation for upgrading router software from Version 7–9.xx to Version 10.0 consists of the following tasks, each of which is described in greater detail in this chapter.
Preparing to Upgrade • You have read these Bay Networks publications: — Read Me First: Router Software 10.0 and Site Manager 4.0 — Release Notes for Router Software Version 10.0 — Release Notes for Site Manager Software Version 4.0 — Known Anomalies: Router Software 10.0 and Site Manager 4.0 Task 2: Inspecting Your Upgrade Kit Check your upgrade kit to ensure that it contains the Router Software Version 10.0 and Site Manager Version 4.0 upgrade components listed in Table 2-4. Table 2-4.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Table 2-4. Router Software and Site Manager Software Upgrade Components (continued) Component Software Storage Media and Printed Media Version 10.0 upgrade documentation: Printed media UNIX workstation or Windows/DOS PC Printed media UNIX workstation or Windows/DOS PC Management Platform • Router upgrade documents (Version 5–10.0 and Version 7–9.xx to 10.
Chapter 3 Starting the Upgrade: Upgrading Site Manager and Router Software This chapter describes how to: • Upgrade Site Manager Version 4.0 and Router Software Version 10.0 files on your PC or UNIX workstation.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Task 1: Upgrading to Site Manager Version 4.0 Note: You can use Quick2Config instead of Site Manager 4.0 to configure AN, ANH, and ASN routers to support Router Software Version 10.0. If you decide to use Quick2Config, you can skip this task. Refer to Installing and Getting Started with the Quick2Config Tool and Configuring Your Router Using the Quick2Config Tool for more information.
Starting the Upgrade: Upgrading Site Manager and Router Software If you use another Windows Socket-supported TCP/IP stack to support Site Manager, refer to the user documentation supplied by the manufacturer of the TCP/IP stack for installation instructions. You do not have to install Distinct and can go to Step 4 of this procedure. For a complete list of Windows Socketsupported TCP/IP stacks supported by Site Manager 4.0, refer to Quick-Starting Routers and BNX Platforms.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 4. Install the Distinct TCP/IP software. You can install the Distinct TCP/IP software from the Site Manager CD or from a disk. Refer to Quick-Starting Routers and BNX Platforms for instructions on installing the Distinct TCP/IP software. Note: Make sure that you have loaded Distinct successfully before installing Site Manager.
Starting the Upgrade: Upgrading Site Manager and Router Software 3. Install the Site Manager software. Site Manager software is distributed on CDs and disks. Refer to the appropriate section in Quick-Starting Routers and BNX Platforms for instructions on installing both types of media on your PC. Note: Do not update the config.sys file or copy the driver file to the c:\etc directory; you did this when you initially installed Site Manager.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 After you finish upgrading Site Manager software on your PC, go to Task 2: “Installing the Router Software on a PC or UNIX Workstation.” If you are having problems upgrading Site Manager, refer to Troubleshooting Routers. Upgrading Site Manager on a UNIX Workstation To upgrade the Site Manager software on a Sun SPARCstation (running SunOS or Solaris OS), IBM RS/6000, or HP 9000 UNIX workstation: 1. Check system requirements.
Starting the Upgrade: Upgrading Site Manager and Router Software 4. Refer to the appropriate section in Quick-Starting Routers and BNX Platforms to install the Version 4.0 Site Manager software.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Table 3-2. Step Loading the Router Software from CD-ROM to a PC or Workstation On a PC On a UNIX Workstation 1 Insert the CD-ROM into CD-ROM drive. Insert the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Bring up Windows. If you have not already created a CD-ROM mountpoint, log in as root and create a root-level directory. For example, enter mkdir /cdrom 3 4 Double-click on the File Manager icon. Mount the CD-ROM drive.
Starting the Upgrade: Upgrading Site Manager and Router Software Table 3-2. Step 5 Loading the Router Software from CD-ROM to a PC or Workstation (continued) On a PC On a UNIX Workstation Click on the rtr_xxx directory, where xxx is the router software version. Run the script to load the router software using one of the following commands: On a SPARCstation, enter For example, for Version 10.0, you would click on the rtr_1000 ./COPY.SH directory. On an IBM RS/6000, enter ./copy.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Loading Router Software into the Image Builder After you have loaded the router software from CD-ROM onto the local hard drive of your UNIX workstation or PC, you must load the router software into the Image Builder. You use the Image Builder to customize the router software image to fit your router configuration requirements. To load the router software into the Image Builder: 1. Start Image Builder.
Starting the Upgrade: Upgrading Site Manager and Router Software The directory and filename that you specify depend on the following: • The computer platform (UNIX workstation or PC) • The router platform If you loaded the router software from CD-ROM onto a UNIX workstation, the system stored the software image in the directory for the appropriate router platform. For example, you would find the image ace.out for the VME platform in the vme directory.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 You can now customize the router software image. For instructions, go to Task 3: “Customizing the Router Software Image.” Task 3: Customizing the Router Software Image Use the Image Builder (Figure 3-3) to customize the image for the router that you want to upgrade. To customize a router software image: 1. Remove any nonessential files (protocols) that you will not use.
Chapter 4 Continuing the Upgrade: Transferring Customized Files to the Router This chapter describes how to • Prepare the router to receive a new software image • Transfer your customized image to the router Task 1: Preparing the Router to Receive a New Software Image Before you can transfer a customized image to the router you want to upgrade, you must first prepare the router’s Flash card or Flash SIMM to receive a customized image and a configuration file.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Preparing Routers with One Flash Card To prepare a router equipped with one Flash card to accept a customized software image: 1. Verify that you have backed up the router’s Version 7–9.xx boot image to your Site Manager workstation. You saved a copy of the Version 7–9.xx boot image when you backed up the router software image and configuration files in Chapter 3. 2. Delete the current router software image (for example, an.exe, asn.exe, or bn.
Continuing the Upgrade: Transferring Customized Files to the Router Preparing Routers Configured for Netboot If you have an AN or ASN router with one Flash card and you have configured your router to boot off the network (using Netboot or Directed Netboot), consider the following: • Do not delete the Version 7–9.xx boot image from the router’s Flash card. You may need a backup boot image in case the new boot image is corrupted. • Do not compact the contents of the card.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Preparing a Router with Multiple Flash Cards Bay Networks recommends that you use at least two Flash cards in any router designed to accommodate multiple Flash cards. When you use two Flash cards in a router, you can keep the active (Version 7–9.xx) software image on one Flash card while you use the TFTP command in Site Manager to transfer the new (Version 10.0) image to a backup Flash card designated for the upgrade.
Continuing the Upgrade: Transferring Customized Files to the Router Table 4-1 shows which Bay Networks routers can read, write, and boot from the different file format types. Table 4-1. Flash Volume File Compatibility between Routers Running Different Versions of Router Software Router Capabilities to Read, Write, or Boot from Files Files Written to Flash Memory by: FNs, LNs, CNs, and BNs Running 7.60, 7.7x, 7.80, 8.0x, 8.10, or 9.00 AFNs Running 7.60, 7.7x, 7.80, 8.0x, 8.10, 9.00 BNs Running 7.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 3. Fragment the Flash card volume so you can compact it. Copy the smallest file on the Flash card to the same volume, giving it a new filename. Select Command➔Copy from the Router Files Manager. 4. Delete the original file you created in Step 3. This fragments the volume, dividing the contiguous space on the Flash card. This allows you to compact the contents of the Flash card. 5.
Continuing the Upgrade: Transferring Customized Files to the Router Note: We recommend that you ping the router before you transfer the customized image file to it. For instructions on how to ping a router, refer to Managing Routers. To transfer a customized image file to the router you want to upgrade: 1. Choose the router to which you want to transfer the image file. a. Select Options➔Router Connection in the Router Files Manager window (Figure 4-1). Figure 4-1.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 The Router Connection Options window appears (Figure 4-2). Figure 4-2. b. 2. Router Connection Options Window In the Node Name/IP Address field, enter the IP address of the router. Then click on OK. Verify space on the destination volume. Make sure that the router destination volume has enough space available for the file you want to transfer. The Router Files Manager window shows the available free space and contiguous free space on the router.
Continuing the Upgrade: Transferring Customized Files to the Router 3. Select File➔TFTP➔Put File(s) in the Router Files Manager window. The TFTP Put File Selection window opens (Figure 4-3), invoking the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) software to execute file transfers. Figure 4-3. 4. The TFTP Put File Selection Window In the Path box, enter the pathname of the directory on the Site Manager workstation that contains the image file you want to transfer.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 6. If you want to send the image file to only one router, click on No in the Multiple Routers field. The Router Files Manager transfers the selected image file to the router to which you are currently connected. Refer to Managing Routers and BNX Platforms for more information on transferring files to multiple routers. 7. Click on OK.
Chapter 5 Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files This chapter describes how to • Upgrade PROMs in a router • Boot the router with the customized image • Upgrading configuration files • Upgrading Frame Relay circuits (optional) • Transferring script files to the router Task 1: Upgrading PROMs in a Router The router’s programmable read-only memory (PROM) contains software images for its bootstrap and diagnostic code.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Determining Whether to Upgrade PROMs in a Router This section describes when and why you should upgrade Boot and Diagnostic PROMs in routers. Why You Upgrade Boot PROMs You upgrade Boot PROMs in a router for the following reasons: • You want to implement a Version 8.10 or later software or hardware feature that depends on the availability of the Version 8.10 or later Boot PROM image.
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files To implement the new naming convention, upgrade the Boot PROMs on all routers, except the FN, ALN, LN, and CN. The Boot PROM is located on PROM or Flash PROM on each processor board. Once upgraded, Version 8.10 and later Boot PROMs look only for the new router software image name at boot time. In addition, Version 8.10 and later Boot PROMs for AN and AFN routers are backward-compatible. That is, the Boot PROM looks first for a Version 8.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 The Statistics Manager displays the current router’s configuration. That is, it displays the circuit type and location of the router’s network interfaces and the bridging and routing protocols that are enabled on each interface. 2. Select Tools➔Quick Get. The Quick Get Facility window opens, showing the objects in the Management Information Base (MIB). Use the browser window to scroll through and select objects from the MIB.
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files Convert the hexadecimal numerals to decimal to determine the PROM revision level. For example, the PROM image version number returned for the Version 9.xx router software is 0x00090000. Note: Slots that have a System Resource Module (SRM) do not show a corresponding Boot PROM revision number. 8. Exit the Quick Get Facility window when you are done by clicking on Done.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Each line of response to the command specifies • • A slot number (for example, “wfHwEntry.wfHwBootPromSource.2” identifies Slot 2). A pathname that contains the version number of the image stored in the Boot PROM (for example, “rel/8.10/freboot.exe” identifies the version 8.10 Boot PROM image freboot.exe in Slot 2). Note: The command does not return a Boot PROM version number for Slot 1 because Slot 1 contains a System Resource Module (SRM).
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files Methods for Upgrading PROMs Depending on which router you are upgrading, you upgrade PROMs in that router in the following ways: • By reprogramming the PROM components using the Technician Interface. This process of erasing the contents of PROM and transferring new bootstrap and diagnostic images is sometimes called “burning” the PROM. • By physically replacing the existing PROM with the PROM version shipped with Router Software Version 8.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Depending on your AN or ANH model, you transfer new boot and diagnostic code to PROM using either • A PCMCIA Flash card (BayStack AN and BayStack ANH) • SIMM-based Flash memory (AN and ANH models without a PCMCIA slot) To upgrade the PROMs in a SIMM-based AN router with a motherboard revision lower than 14, you must order a PROM Upgrade Kit (Order No. 109435) to physically replace the PROM components. Go to “Upgrading and Verifying PROMs.
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files To determine the amount of contiguous free space, display the directory of the Flash card by entering the following command from the Technician Interface prompt: dir : is the slot number in which the Flash card resides. If you need more contiguous free space for the PROM image: a. Delete unnecessary or obsolete files. b. Compact the contents of the Flash card. From the Router Files Manager, select Commands➔Compact.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 4. Update the Boot PROM by entering: prom -w : is the slot number of the Boot PROM source file located on a volume; is the name of the Boot PROM source file (for example, freboot.exe); and is the slot location of the Boot PROM that you want to update. For example: prom -w 2:freboot.
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files For example: prom -w 2:frediag.exe 2, 3, 4, 5 This command erases the diagnostic PROMs on Slots 2, 3, 4, and 5 and copies the contents of the frediag.exe file on Volume 2 to the PROMs on Slots 2, 3, 4, and 5. Note: Boot PROM incompatibilities can exist if you have different Boot PROM revisions on different slots on your router. For example, the Boot PROM image in a slot running Boot PROM Version 8.00 will look for boot.exe.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Upgrading PROMs in a Router from a Remote Site This section summarizes the procedure for upgrading PROMs in a router that is located in a remote site. Be sure to read the special considerations in this section before upgrading router PROMs remotely. Caution: If the PROM upgrade process is interrupted, the router could be disabled.
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files Task 2: Booting the Router with the Customized Image After you transfer the customized image to the router successfully and upgrade PROMs, you can boot the router with the customized image. This activates the customized image on your router. If you are booting an ASN router for the first time from a Version 10.0 image, the boot time may be longer. After the ASN boots successfully from its Version 10.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 a. Click on the rectangle next to the Boot Image volume number and the Configuration slot number. A pop-up window displays the available router volumes containing the router software image and the available slots containing the configuration file. b. Click on the number of the slot you want your router to boot or configure from. The pop-up window closes and the new slot number appears. 3. Verify the name of the new router software boot image.
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files If the router did not boot successfully, consider the following: • If you have a router with one Flash card, use a local console to reboot the router from the Technician Interface. If this operation fails, call the Bay Networks Technical Response Center in your area. • If your router has multiple Flash cards, boot off the original Flash card (pre-Version 10.0). Follow the instructions in “Preparing a Router with Multiple Flash Cards.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 The Configuration Manager window appears (Figure 5-2), displaying the realtime router hardware and software configuration. Figure 5-2. 2. Configuration Manager Window Select File➔Save As in the Configuration Manager window. The Save Configuration File window appears (Figure 5-3.) Figure 5-3.
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files 3. Enter a new filename to save the configuration file on the router, using the following format: filename.cfg where filename is the name you are assigning this file, and cfg specifies the file type. For example, enter the filename, config1000. Do not use the filename config. 4.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Figure 5-4. Boot Router Window Replace the default configuration filename in the Configuration box with the Version 10.0 configuration file, config1000, you just saved. 2. Click on Boot. The router boots with the Version 10.0 configuration file, config1000. 3. Verify that your router is up and running. 4. Rename the original configuration file to config.bck.
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files Task 4: Upgrading Frame Relay Circuits If you are running a version of router software earlier than 7.60 and the configuration file you upgraded in Task 3 had Frame Relay circuits, complete this task. Otherwise, go to Task 5: “Transferring Script Files to the Router.” The upgrade procedure does not convert all Frame Relay circuit records, and Site Manager does not display them.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Task 5: Transferring Script Files to the Router Transfer from your Site Manager PC or UNIX workstation to the router any Version 10.0 Technician Interface scripts useful for your router configuration. These scripts let you manage the router using information stored in the Management Information Base (MIB).
Completing the Upgrade: Upgrading PROMs and Configuration Files Table 5-3. Minimum Set of Scripts to Transfer to a Router (continued) Script Filename Description main.mnu Displays a top-level menu from which you can select other .bat files currently on the system. monitor.bat Displays the same information as the show command, but refreshes the display periodically so you can examine trends and changes.
Appendix A Router Integration Examples Read this appendix for examples on how to upgrade routers from Version 7–9.xx to Version 10.0. Look for an example that applies to the router integration problem you want to solve. Upgrading Routers from Version 7.xx–9.xx to Version 10.0 This section contains examples that show you how to • Upgrade a Version 8.xx–9.xx AN or ANH router to Version 10.0. • Netboot a Version 7–9.xx AN router to Version 10.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 3. Compact the Flash SIMM (or Flash card for a BayStack AN or ANH) that contained the earlier router software image (an.exe) that you just deleted. (Compaction takes approximately 12 minutes.) For example, if the image file you want to delete is on Volume 1, enter the following command: compact 1 Make sure that you do not interrupt the compact process or the Flash card or Flash SIMM will be corrupted. 4. Copy your customized Version 10.
Router Integration Examples To Netboot a Version 7–9.xx AN router to Version 10.0: 1. Upgrade Site Manager to Version 4.0. See Chapter 3 of this manual for instructions on upgrading to Site Manager Version 4.0. 2. Start Site Manager. 3. Copy the Version 10.0 router software image (an.exe) and related files to your PC or workstation. 4. From the Site Manager main window, select Tools➔Image Builder to start Image Builder. The Image Builder window opens. 5.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Replacing an Updated FRE or FRE-2 with a Nonupdated FRE or FRE-2 To replace a Version 10.0 FRE or FRE-2 processor card with a Version 7–9.xx FRE or FRE-2 card (that is, a FRE or FRE-2 that has a Version 7–9.xx Boot PROM image): Caution: Do not store a Flash card on the nonupdated FRE or FRE-2 until you update its Boot PROM. 1. Hot-swap the nonupdated FRE or FRE-2 into the slot occupied by the failed FRE or FRE-2.
Router Integration Examples 5. Upgrade the Boot PROM on the replacement FRE or FRE-2 card by entering the following command at the Technician Interface prompt: prom -w :freboot.exe identifies the slot number associated with the Flash volume that received the Version 10.0 freboot.exe Boot PROM image. identifies the slot number of the replacement FRE or FRE-2 card. 6.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Features Associated with PROM Upgrades Table A-1 describes router features implemented between Versions 7.70 and 9.xx that require a new version of Boot PROM. Upgrade the Boot PROM if the features you need depend on a Boot PROM version more recent than the version now in your router. Note: The Boot PROM version that appears in the AFN MIB corresponds to the version of the AFN Diagnostics PROM code. (The AFN has a combined Boot/Diagnostic PROM device.
Router Integration Examples Table A-1. Router Model BN VME AFN (Flash) Boot PROM Upgrades for New Feature Support (continued) Boot PROM PROM Filename Version PROM Features If PROM Version Is at This Version Reason for Upgrading PROM 7.70/ 7.71 freboot.exe Support for FRE-2 controller. Upgrade to PROM Version 9.00. 4-MB Flash capability; changed to routerspecific boot image name. 8.00 freboot.exe 4-MB Flash capability. Upgrade to PROM Version 8.10.
Appendix B Configuration-specific Issues Affecting Router Upgrades This appendix describes the Version 7–9.xx to 10.0 configuration-specific issues that may be of concern to you, depending on the current configuration of your Version 7–9.xx router. Read this appendix if you are upgrading routers in an environment that includes any of the following situations: • X.25 Configurations • Standard Point-to-Point Connections • Switched Services • PPP Multiline Circuits Verifying X.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Configuring FN, AFN, ALN, CN, or BN Routers to Run X.25 If you are configuring an FN, AFN, ALN, CN, or BN router to support any X.25 configurations, follow the instructions in Table B-1. Table B-1. Configuring FN, AFN, ALN, CN, or BN Routers to Run X.25 Router Software Version Action Version 7.60 or earlier The behavior of the serial controller chips on link modules differs slightly from the X.25 standard, making them noncertifiable in X.
Configuration-specific Issues Affecting Router Upgrades Reviewing Standard Point-to-Point Connection Guidelines If the router you want to upgrade has no synchronous, point-to-point connection requirements, go to the next section that applies to your environment or to Chapter 3 to begin the upgrade process. Otherwise, read this section.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 Setting Explicit Local and Remote Address Values with the Technician Interface If the Configuration Manager constraints prove impractical due to the requirements of your existing network configuration, you can set explicit local and remote address values by entering the following commands at the Technician Interface prompt of the Version 10.0 router: s wfSyncEntry.wfSyncLocalAddress.. ; commit s wfSyncEntry.
Configuration-specific Issues Affecting Router Upgrades PPP uses CHAP names and PAP IDs to identify the caller and to determine which circuit to bring up. You enter CHAP names or PAP IDs in a caller resolution table and associate each name or ID with a demand, primary, or bandwidth-on-demand circuit. PAP requires the peer router to send a PAP packet that contains a plain-text user identifier and password to the originating router before the interface can advance to the network-layer protocol phase.
Upgrading Routers from Version 7-9.xx to Version 10.0 PPP Multiline Migration Issues Affecting Router Upgrades This section describes PPP multiline migration issues and how they affect router upgrades. Running LCP on All Lines in a Multiline Circuit Beginning with Router Software Version 9.00, PPP multiline circuits can negotiate and run the Link Control Protocol (LCP) on all lines in a multiline circuit, as opposed to only one line.
Glossary ace.out Router software image containing executable files used to boot FN, LN, ALN, AFN with diskette, and CN routers. afn.exe Router software image containing executable files used to boot an AFN router. an.exe Router software image containing executable files used to boot an AN or ANH router. asn.exe Router software image containing executable files used to boot an ASN router. bn.exe Router software image containing executable files used to boot a BN router.
Flash Memory Removable Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) standard memory card. The ASN uses a Flash memory card to provide storage for its nonvolatile file system (NVFS), called the local file system. Frame Relay Standard, connection-oriented protocol for use between data terminal equipment and data communications equipment. Frame Relay complies with the ANSI Annex D and LMI Frame Relay management specifications, along with the CCITT (now ITU-T) Annex A specification.
Ping A program that is useful for testing and debugging networks. Ping sends an echo packet to the specified host and waits for a response. It then reports success or failure and statistics about its operation. PPP Point-to-Point Protocol, a protocol that provides a way of running IP over serial lines. It uses a variation of HDLC. router A device that connects two or more networks and can direct traffic based on network resource availability. Site Manager Bay Networks network management application.
Index A ace.out, 2-6 afn.exe, 2-5 an.exe, 2-6 asn.exe, 2-6 asn.exe image. See also image, software available free space, 2-4 B backing up files, 2-4 Bay Networks publications, ordering, xviii bn.exe, 2-6 boot interval changing, 5-13 Boot option using, 5-13 Boot PROM command, 5-8 deciding whether to upgrade, 5-2 how to upgrade, 5-7 methods for replacing, 5-7 running Version 9.
with one Flash card, 4-2 with multiple Flash cards, 4-4 using files from prior releases, 4-4 Flash memory defined, Glossary-2 Flash memory, definition of, Glossary-2 Frame Relay defined, Glossary-2 updating Frame Relay circuits Frame Relay, definition of, Glossary-2 free space, 2-4 P H L requirements for upgrading, xiii router software backing up, 3-12 installing, 3-7 loading from CD-ROM onto PC, 3-7 loading into Image Builder, 3-10 router software image backing up, 3-12 customizing, 3-12 router softwar
definition of, 5-20 Technician Interface script files, transferring to a router, 5-20 TFTP defined, Glossary-3 U Updating PROMs from a remote site, 5-12 upgrade requirements, xiii upgrade kit router software components, 2-9 Site Manager components, 2-9 verifying contents, 2-9 upgrading, 3-4 configuration files, 5-15 Site Manager, 3-2 on a PC, 3-2 to 3-5 UNIX workstation, 3-2 upgrading PROMs methods for, 5-7 upgrading routers checklist, 1-3 summary, 1-3 summary of steps, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1 upgrading Site Manager
