Getting Started with MAXserver Access Servers
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Loading Software Image and Parameters
When you initialize an access server, it obtains the software load image and
parameter file using the information in an initialization record. The NVS for
the access server maintains three initialization records. The access server
first attempts to load software using the information in the primary
initialization record, if it is enabled. If it cannot load successfully, it
attempts to load using the information in the secondary initialization record,
if it is enabled. Finally, if it cannot load successfully using the secondary
initialization record, it attempts to use the information in the tertiary
initialization recordif it is enabled. If all three attempts fail, the access
server begins this sequence again with the primary initialization record.
You can load the initialization parameters from any of the following
locations:
·
From a flash card installed in the unit’s flash card slot that contains the
appropriate load image.
·
From a host system that has the access server software installed, if a
card is not present or the appropriate image is not on the card.
·
A MAXserver unit or a Network 9000 module that has a flash card with
the appropriate load image.
Displaying Load Status Messages
You might want to disable this feature during the software loading process if
a device such as a bar code reader, which cannot interpret status messages,
is connected to a serial port.
Use the LIST SERVER LOADDUMP CHARACTERISTICS command to
display the current status of the status message.
Use the following command to enable or disable the loading of status
messages.
