EMM-E6 Ethernet User's Guide

CHAPTER 15: IMAGE FILE DOWNLOAD
15-8 EMM-E6 User's Guide
15.4 REMOTE RUNTIME DOWNLOAD
Table 15-2 provides a step by step procedure for downloading the
firmware image file. This section provides specific MIB OIDs, their
names, and the required setting for proper image file download. Refer to
your specific MIB walking tool documentation for instructions on how to
set MIB OID strings.
The Download OIDs for Cabletron products reside in Cabletron
enterprise MIBs (group 52). The specific OIDs necessary to perform an
image file download reside in the common download group under
ctDL (Cabletron Download). The full OID string to reach this group is:
1.3.6.1.4.1.52.4.1.5.8.1
When performing the steps in Table 15-2 keep the following in mind:
• You must follow the steps in order.
• Enter the IP address of the tftp server in standard dotted decimal
notation (e.g., 132.177.118.24).
• Enter the FULL path to the image file in the ctDLTFTPRequest OID,
including the name of the image file (e.g., c:\tftpboot\EMME6.fls).
If the Runtime Download is interrupted, the Firmware Image
in Flash memory will be erased. The EMM-E6 will continue
to operate until it is either Reset or Powered OFF and ON.
After either of these events, the EMM-E6 can download a
Firmware Image from a BootP server ONLY! The process of
configuring a BootP Server is discussed at length in
Cabletron’s “Installing and Using Remote LANVIEW for
Windows”. Although Runtime Download is a powerful
network operations & firmware management feature, careful
consideration should be given to both the timing (best when
network usage is lowest) and network stability (especially
downloads over a WAN link) at the time of the planned
download.
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