Operations Manual
37
Broadcast Updated Software To All Systems
Choose the
System Administration
submenu.
Enter the letter
B
for
Broadcast updated software to all systems
.
A message is broadcast to all other Allied Telesyn switches informing them
that software is to be downloaded if they are not already running the current
software release (the software running on the hub from which you issued this
command is, by definition, the current software release).
NOTE
You can issue this request at any time without impacting your hubs since only
those with ‘old’ software will respond. Also, if you have many hubs, they may
not be upgraded with the first update request. Therefore, to insure that all of
your hubs are upgraded, the command should be repeated several times.
After this message is broadcast, the management agent switches to the
activity mode to enable you to monitor downloading.
Note that software should not be upgraded to hubs across routers (different
subnets).
To upgrade switches on a remote subnet:
1.
Upgrade one switch on the remote subnet with the AT-S13 PCMCIA card
or the AT-S16 Firmware Cassette.
2.
Connect to the remote upgraded hub and then update software in all hubs.
One subnet can be upgraded at a time.
