
DOWNLOADING AN IMAGE FILE
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GETTING STARTED
Cabletron ships two versions of the same firmware image file with
each upgrade kit. The first file, suffixed with .hex (after it has been
decompressed from a .zip) is for Standard Local Downloading. The
second file, suffixed with .fls (after it has been decompressed from a
.zip) is for Remote Runtime Downloading.
Before you can download the image to a device, you must:
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load the image file onto your network rarp server
Note: For information on how to setup a workstation as a rarp
server, refer to your specific workstation documentation and the
guidelines outlined in this instruction guide.
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decompress the image file.
Note: For your convenience, Cabletron includes the PKUNZIP
utility for easy decompression of the “zipped” file. If you are
using a UNIX workstation as a rarp server, and you do not have
a decompression utility that recognizes the PKZIP format, you
can obtain a copy of a UNIX decompression utility or the image
file from the Cabletron Systems FTP server. Contact Cabletron
Technical Support for details.