Ethernet Administration
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Broadcast Updated Software To All Systems
Choose the
System Administration
submenu.
Enter the letter
B
for
Broadcast updated software to all systems
to access the following submenu. Note that just the bottom of the scrolled
screen is shown:
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 switch from which you issued
this command is, by definition, the current software release).
Note that you can issue this request at any time without impacting your
switches since only those with ‘old’ software will respond. Also, if you have
many switches, they may not be upgraded with the first update request.
Therefore, to insure that all of your switches 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 cannot be upgraded to switches across routers (different
subnets).
To upgrade switches on a remote subnet:
1.
Upgrade one switch on the remote subnet with the AT-S7 PCMCIA card
or the AT-S9 Firmware Cassette.
2.
Connect to the remote upgraded switch and then update software in all
switches. One subnet can be upgraded at a time.
