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14 Remote Software Upgrade by TFTP
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14 Remote Software Upgrade by TFTP
This section describes how to upgrade the PTP 500 software remotely using Trivial FTP
(TFTP) triggered by SNMP.
To perform a remote software upgrade, follow this procedure:
1. Set the following tFTP attributes:
tFTPServerIPAddress: The IP address of the TFTP server from which the TFTP
software upgrade file Name will be retrieved. For example, to set the TFTP server IP
address for unit 10.10.10.10 to 10.10.10.1:
snmpset_d.exe -v 2c -c public 10.10.10.10 .iso.3.6.1.4.1.17713.1.9.5.0 a
10.10.10.1
tFTPServerPortNumber: This setting is optional. The port number of the TFTP server
from which the TFTP software upgrade file name will be retrieved (default=69).
tFTPSoftwareUpgradeFileName: The filename of the software upgrade to be loaded
from the TFTP server. For example, to set the TFTP software upgrade filename on
10.10.10.10 to "B1095.dld":
snmpset_d.exe -v 2c -c public 10.10.10.10 .iso.3.6.1.4.1.17713.1.9.7.0 s
B1095.dld
tFTPStartSoftwareUpgrade: Write '1' to this attribute to start the TFTP software upgrade
process. The attribute will be reset to 0 when the upgrade process has finished. Example:
snmpset_d.exe -v 2c -c public 10.10.10.10 .iso.3.6.1.4.1.17713.1.9.8.0 i
1