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• FirmwareUpgradeUtility—ThisWindows-basedapplicationreadsthecurrentfirmwareand
installs the new firmware of the KVM and Server Interface Units (SIUs). Note: The firmware
upgrade utility is compatible with Windows 32-bit operating systems only.
• FirmwareUpgradeFile—ThisfilecontainstheactualfirmwarefortheKVMandSIUs.
7.2 Firmware Upgrade Software Requirements
7.3 Performing a Firmware Upgrade
7.4 Physical Installation
7.5 Current Firmware Verification
7.1 Firmware Upgrade Computer Requirements
• Windows 2000 or higher operating system
• Pentium 166 or higher with 16MB RAM and 10MB free hard drive space
• AvailableDB9serialport
7. Firmware Upgrade
There are several steps to performing a firmware upgrade on your KVM switch and SIUs: Physical
Installation, Current Firmware Verification and Firmware Upgrade. Each of these steps is described
in the sections that follow. Note: Each KVM switch in a cascaded installation must be upgraded
separately.
The first step in performing a firmware upgrade is to physically connect the KVM switch to a
computer that is not a part of the KVM installation (i.e. not connected via Cat5e/6 cable and an
SIU). To do this, follow the steps below.
1. Make sure that the Serial Port setting in the General Settings page of the OSD is enabled. (See
the General section under On-Screen Display OSD F2 Settings for details.) If this setting is
disabled, you will not be able to perform a firmware upgrade.
2.ConnecttheRJ11Firmware UpgradeportonthebackoftheKVMtoaDB9serialportonthe
upgradecomputerusingtheincludedRJ11toDB9rmwareupgradecable.
Afterthephysicalconnectionismade,youmustinstalltheFirmwareUpgradeUtilityontheupgrade
computer(thecomputeryoujustconnectedtotheKVM)andthencheckthecurrentrmware
version on your KVM to see if it needs to be updated. To do this, follow the steps below.
1. On the upgrade computer, go to
www.tripplite.com/support and download
thelatestrmwarefortheB072-008-1or
B072-016-1.TheFirmwareUpgradeUtility
andKVM/SIUFirmwareUpgradeFilewillbe
downloaded together.
2.RuntheFirmwareUpgradeUtilitytoinstall
itontheupgradecomputer.Followthe
installation prompts to install the utility.
Figure 7.1: Firmware Upgrade Utility Setup
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