Avocent AV Works, Installer/User Manual

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To apply changes to the Settings panel before the upgrade:
a.
Click No to cancel the appliance firmware upgrade.
b. Click Apply .
c. Continue with step 2 of this procedure.
-or-
To discard pending (unapplied) changes, click
Yes .
3. The Firmware Upgrade dialog box appears. From the Firmware Type pull-down menu, select
the type of firmware to be upgraded.
4. In the TFTP Server IP Address field, enter the IP address of the TFTP server where the firm-
ware is located, in IP dot notation. This field initially contains the value retrieved from the
CCM appliance, which you may modify. The value cannot be a loopback address or all zeros.
5. In the Firmware Filename field, enter the path/filename of the firmware file. This field initially
contains the value retrieved from the CCM appliance.
6. Click the Upgrade button. Progress messages will appear.
7. When the upgrade is complete, a message prompts you to confirm a reboot. Click Yes to reboot
the appliance. The Upgrade Firmware dialog box will display progress information and will
indicate when the reboot is complete.
-or-
Click
No to reboot at a later time. You must reboot to use the new firmware.
8. Click Close to exit the Firmware Upgrade dialog box.
Rebooting the Appliance
When the Reboot Appliance tool is selected, the CCM appliance broadcasts a disconnect message
to any active users, then logs out the current user and reboots.
To reboot the appliance:
1. Click the Tools tab in the CCM AMP.
2. Click the Reboot button. A message prompts you to confirm the reboot. Click Yes to confirm
the request. The appliance will reboot.
Managing an Appliance Configuration Database
All appliance settings are stored in an appliance configuration database. (User account
information is stored in a user database; see
Managing an Appliance User Database on page 99
for more information.)
Saving an appliance configuration database
The Save Appliance Configuration tool saves the appliance database from the appliance to a file on
the system running AVWorks software.