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PSAX 2300 Multiservice Media Gateway User Guide
, Issue 1
Release 9.0.0
Chapter 13 Upgrading PSAX System Software
Manually Selecting I/O and Server Module Firmware Drivers
Downloading a Firmware Driver
After you have selected the firmware driver you want to use on a selected
module, perform the steps in the following procedure to download the
selected driver.
Begin
1
On the Firmware Version Control window, select the Start Upgrade
command to download the firmware driver you selected in Step 2 in the
previous section, “Selecting a Firmware Driver” on page 13-24.
After the downloading process is completed, the following message is dis-
played in the status line:
FirmwareDownloadSucceeded.
2
To verify the installation of the new firmware driver on the selected
module, perform the following steps:
a
To redisplay the Console Interface Main Menu window, press Ctrl+G.
The Console Interface Main Menu window is redisplayed.
b
On the Console Interface Main Menu window, select the Equipment
Configuration option.
NextVersion
Default: N/A
Range: dependent on
installed software
version
Format: Predefined
alphanumeric
Displays the version of the firmware you select to
download to the module. The first four characters
of the driver filename correspond to the firmware
release number (FRN) in hexadecimal format,
and the last four characters correspond to the
checksum in hexadecimal format.
Note:
An asterisk (*) after the driver filename
indicates the default version of the driver for this
module.
Dnld Cmd
Default: None
Range: N/A
Format: Predefined
alphanumeric
Displays the type of firmware download action
the PSAX system performed on the firmware
driver currently displayed in the Current Ver
field.
None
Indicates that no firmware driver downloading
has taken place.
normalDownload
Indicates that the firmware driver displayed in
the Current Ver field was downloaded as a nor-
mal function of a PSAX system software upgrade.
forceDownload
Indicates that the firmware driver displayed in
the Current Ver field was downloaded as a result
of selecting the driver in the NextVersion field
and then selecting the Start Upgrade command.
Table 13-14. Field Descriptions for the Firmware Version Control Window (Continued)
Field Name
Field Values
Description