15.2.3 Executing the update command
Update the software version from the old version to the new version as follows: When the update is complete, the appliance automatically restarts. Note that communication is temporarily interrupted when the system is restarted. In addition, transfer the update file to the Switch in advance.
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Execute enable commandI will.
The command prompt changes to "#".
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Execute cd /usr/var/update commandI will.
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Execute ppupdate k.img commandI will.
Displays the version of the software that is installed and what is being updated. When the update is complete, the appliance automatically restarts.
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After rebooting, log in to the device again.
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Run show version command. Verify that it is working with the updated version.
The following figure shows an example of performing an update.
> enable # # cd /usr/var/update/ # # ls -l total 28952 -rw-r--r-- 1 operator users 29603328 Nov 3 00:42 k.img # # ppupdate k.img Software update start Broadcast message from operator@ (somewhere) (Wed Jul 14 15:32:20 20XX): *********************************************** ** UPDATE IS STARTED. ** *********************************************** Current version is 1.0 New version is 1.1 Automatic reboot process will be run after installation process. Do you wish to continue? (y/n) y 100% |*************************| 28909 KiB 1.72 MiB/s 00:00 ETA Update done. Broadcast Message from operator@ (??) at 10:25 JST... *********************************************** ** UPDATE IS FINISHED SUCCESSFULLY. ** *********************************************** # : login: operator Password: Copyright (c) 20XX ALAXALA Networks Corporation. All rights reserved. > show version software Date 20XX/11/03 18:07:46 UTC S/W: OS-L2N Ver. 1.0 > |