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TheMasterAUconsolidatesthemanagementofsoftwareupgradesfortheentiresystemandsavesthelastsoftware
packagefortheAU,EUandRU.SlavedevicescomparethelocalsoftwarewiththatsavedintheMasterAUatruntime.If
thesoftwareversionisdifferent,theslavedevicewillstartthesoftwareupgradeprogressandresetautomaticallyafter
theupgradeiscomplete.Thebenefitofthisapproachisthatifaslavedeviceisreplaced,asoftwareupgradeisstarted
automaticallywithouthavingtodoadditionaloperations.IftheMasterAUisreplaced,beforeconnectingthenew
MasterAUtothesystem,checkthesoftwareversionusingtheWebOMTasshowninFigure8-1.Ifthesoftwareversion
isnotthelatestversion,uploadthelatestsoftwarepackagestothenewMasterAU.
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Asmentionedabove,thesystemsoftwareupgradeisdividedintotwosteps.First,uploadthepackagetothemaster
AU.Second,theslavedeviceautomaticallydownloadsthenewsoftwarepackagefromtheMasterAUtocompletethe
upgradeprocess.Thisprocesscanbeperformedinoneoftwoways:byperformingalocalupgradeusingtheOMTorby
performingaremoteupgradevia FTP.
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LocalUpgrade
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Upgrade
Asanexample,todoanRUorEUupgrade:
1.LogintotheWebOMTontheMasterAU.ClicktheUpgrading
U pgrading
Upgrading
Upgradingbuttononthemainpagetonavigate
tothesoftwareupgradepage.SeeFigure8-2.