
Nortel Switched Firewall 2.3.3 User’s Guide and Command Reference
236
Upgrading and reinstalling the software
213455-L, October 2005
automatically and marked as
unpacked
. After you
activate
the unpacked software version
(which causes the Nortel Switched Firewall to reboot), the software version is marked as
permanent
. The software version previously marked as
permanent
will then be marked as
old
.
Refer to the one of the following two sections to upgrade your software:
Stand-alone upgrade on page 236
Cluster upgrade on page 237
Stand-alone upgrade
When you have downloaded the software upgrade package, you can inspect its status and
activate it using the following command:
1.
Inspect the status of the software package:
2.
Activate the new (unpacked) software package:
3.
Wait for the firewall to reboot.
As a result of running the
activate
command, the system reboots and you have to re-login
after the reboot. The reason for this is the CLI menus may be upgraded. Wait until the login
prompt appears again, which may take up to two minutes while the system reboots.
4.
Wait for a 1-2 minutes for the firewall to initialize all system components.
5.
After the firewall comes up, wait for a 2 to 3 minutes, then check the firewall status by
running the /info/clu command and make sure the firewall is running.
6.
Log in again and check the software status again:
>> Main#
/boot/software/cur
>> Main#
/boot/software/activate 2.3.3.0_R60
Confirm action 'activate'? [y/n]:
y
Activate ok, relogin
Restarting system.
login:
>> Main#
/boot/software/cur
Version Name Status
------- ---- ------
2.3.3.0_R60 tdo permanent
2.3.1.0_R55 tdo old