Nortel SMC 2450, Implementation Manual

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553-3001-225 Standard 1.00 May 2006
A confirmation dialog appears and displays the following message: Are you
sure you want to activate this image?
9 Click Ok .
The page refreshes and the package is marked as old.
10 Click Activate again.
The SMC installs the package and then reboots. The reboot can take up to 5
minutes to complete.
11 Log back on with the admin username and password.
12 Click Operations > Image Update > Package to verify that the desired
package is activated.
End of Procedure
Result : The new package has a status of permanent indicating that it is now
the active version. The pervious package has a status of old with an Activate
button in the Actions column of the page. The Activate button provides the
option to revert to the previous package, if needed.
Upgrading SMC software using a package upgrade (CLI)
To install a package upgrade on the SMC, you need the following:
• CLI access to the SMC host through a local console terminal or a
remote Telnet or SSH connection.
• The IP address of the FTP/TFTP/SCP/SFTP server that is operating
on the network and has been loaded with the package file to load
onto the SMC.
• This process assumes that FTP, TFTP, or both are enabled on the
SMC. See Procedure 16 on
page 96 for information.
WARNING
Activating a Package requires the SMC to reboot itself.