Foundry NetIron MLX Series Installation and Basic Configuration Guide
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© 2008 Foundry Networks, Inc.
December 2008
2.
Upgrade the management and interface modules’ IronWare Image.
With this release, you can upgrade the IronWare images for the management and interface modules together.
Use the procedures described in “Upgrading the Management and Interface Module IronWare Images
Together” on page 7-18.
You can also upgrade them separately as in previous releases as described in “Upgrading the Management
Module’s IronWare Image” on page 7-15 and “Upgrading the Interface Module’s IronWare Image” on page 7-
18.
3.
If required for this release, upgrade the managment module’s MBRIDGE FPGA image.
Use the procedures described in “Loading and Saving Configuration Files” on page 7-31.
4.
If required for this release, upgrade the interface module’s FPGA images.
Use the procedures described in “Upgrading an FPGA for an Interface Module” on page 7-20.
5.
Reboot the management module.
Use the procedures described in “Rebooting the Management Module” on page 7-26.
In most cases, this is all that will be required. If you are directed by the release notes to upgrade the Monitor or
Boot images, use the following procedures:
1.
Upgrade the management module’s Monitor and Boot images.
Use the procedures described in “Upgrading the Management Module’s Monitor and Boot Images” on
page 7-14.
2.
Upgrade the interface module’s Monitor and Boot images.
Use the procedures described in “Upgrading the Interface Module’s Monitor and Boot Images” on page 7-17.
3.
If required for this release, upgrade the managment module’s MBRIDGE FPGA image.
Use the procedures described in “Loading and Saving Configuration Files” on page 7-31.
4.
Reboot the management module.
Use the procedures described in “Rebooting the Management Module” on page 7-26.
Displaying Flash Memory and Version Information
Prior to upgrading the images on a NetIron MLX Series router, it is advisable to check the versions already
installed. This allow you to determine which versions need to be upgraded. It is also useful to check the versions
installed immediately after an upgrade has been done to make sure that you have installed the versions required
in your installation. The following sections describe how to use the
show flash
and
show version
commands to
display this information.
Displaying flash Information
You can display information concerning the contents of a NetIron MLX Series router using the show flash
command as shown in the following:
NetIron#show flash
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Active Managment Module (Left Slot)
Code Flash - Type MT28F128J3, Size 32 MB
o IronWare Image (Primary)
Version 3.5.0T163, Size 5834918 bytes, Check Sum fcb9
Compiled on Jul 19 2007 at 19:02:20 labeled as xmr03500
o IronWare Image (Secondary)
Version 3.5.0T163, Size 5834245 bytes, Check Sum de47
Compiled on Jul 12 2007 at 18:02:12 labeled as xmr03500b1
o LP Kernel Image (Monitor for LP Image Type 0)
Version 3.5.0T175, Size 387125 bytes, Check Sum 27dd
Compiled on Jul 10 2007 at 19:15:06 labeled as xmlb03500
