Lantronix
ION x6010 User Guide
33493 Rev. F
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Upgrading Slide-In and Remote Modules Firmware via TFTP
This procedure is used to upgrade one or more of the slide-in modules installed in the ION Chassis or a
remote module connected to a slide-in module.
Before you can upgrade the firmware in the ION system modules you must do the following:
•
Have the upgrade files resident in the default directory on the TFTP Server (normally
C:/TFTP-
Root
). To find the latest version of the firmware, go to:
https://ltrxdev.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/LTRXTS/pages/1845100581/ffor+the+S
•
Create the Database Index and Archive Files (below).
•
Perform the Module Firmware Upgrade (page
249
).
Creating the Database Index and Archive Files
The database index file is a listing of the modules that can be upgraded and the firmware file that will be
used to upgrade each module. The index file must be named
db.idx
. The archive file is a zip file
containing the index file and the firmware upgrade files. The archive file must be named
db.zip
in
Windows XP. If using Windows 7, name the index file just “
db
”.
The following describes the procedure for creating the firmware database index and archive files.
1.
Launch the program that will be used to create the index file (
db.idx
).
Note:
a program such as Notepad can be used to create the file.
2.
Make an entry for each firmware file to be used for the upgrade in the following format:
model rev file
Where:
model = name of the module
rev
= revision level of the firmware upgrade file
file
= name of the firmware upgrade file
Note
: Each of the three fields must be separated by a single space or a single tab.
EXAMPLE
Below is a sample
db.idx
file that upgrades two chassis-resident modules (IONMM and C6010-3040).
Note that two upgrade files are required for the x6010 upgrade process.
IONMM1.1.0 IONMM.bin.1.0.5_AP
C6010-3040
1.1.0 C6010_0.6.6_FPGA_AP
C6010-3040
1.1.0 C6010_0.6.6_AP
3.
Save the file as
db.idx
.
Note:
if you used a program, such as Notepad, that does not allow you to save the file as .idx, then
save it as a text file and rename it (i.e., change
db.txt
to
db.idx
).
4.
Create a zip file that contains each of the upgrade files and the index file. Save the .zip file to the
TFTP Server root directory (e.g., filename of
x6010.bin.1.2.5.zip
).
