On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Jeff Mcadams wrote:
I seem to remember that Mike Andrews had a utility that did software upgrades on cards as well...are you still on the list Mike? Am I remembering all of this correctly or not?
Does he ever! I'd downloaded a mess of his tools back when we still had netservers and all quads, and kind of put off using them... Grabbed them again today. wow! Fixed my PRI card! Kudos to Mike... This is my new way to update code. ---- oscar [/usr/local/home/spork/tch]$ ./usrflash.pl Name of NMC in target chassis: nmc-2 Making sure the hostname and community names are valid... OK. Enter the card number(s) to flash. If flashing multiple cards, they must be identical. Separate numbers with spaces: 1 Lastly, enter the names of the SDL (or DMF) file and the NAC file (if needed). Use full paths if necessary. NO CHECKING is done to make sure the file you specify is appropriate for the type of card you've selected -- this assumes you know what you are doing! Enter NAC or DMF filename: DP030105.NAC Enter SDL filename (leave blank for NMC cards): DP010001.SDL WARNING WARNING DISCLAIMER WARNING WARNING [snip] About to do an SDL Version 1 upload of NAC/DMF file "DP030105.NAC" and SDL file "DP010001.SDL" to nmc-2 cards 1 LAST CHANCE! Enter YES in all caps to proceed: YES Here goes... Sending command 5 to nmc... Command 'Software download' sent to nmc. Status (attempt 1): 1 Software download : In progress / No Error Success. TFTPing DP010001.SDL to nmc... tftp> Verbose mode on. tftp> mode set to octet tftp> putting DP010001.SDL to nmc:SDL [octet] Sent 28210 bytes in 6.9 seconds [32707 bits/sec] tftp> DEBUG: tftp returned code 0 Status (attempt 1): 1 Software download : In progress / Erasing flash Status (attempt 2): 1 Software download : In progress / Erasing flash Status (attempt 3): [etc.] 1 Software download : In progress / Downloading NAC file Success. TFTPing DP030105.NAC to nmc-2... tftp> Verbose mode on. tftp> mode set to octet tftp> putting DP030105.NAC to nmc:DP030105.NAC [octet] Sent 915100 bytes in 257.2 seconds [28463 bits/sec] tftp> DEBUG: tftp returned code 0 Status (attempt 1): 1 Software download : In progress / Resetting NAC Status (attempt 2): 1 Software download : Success / No Error Success. Flash complete! Just to check it, another fine tool: oscar [/usr/local/home/spork/tch]$ ./usrinv.pl nmc Querying nmc....... SL Description P.Code HW ver SW ver Serial # RAM Flash Dipswitches 1 3COM PRI-T1/E1 NAC 0NJ 5.0.0 3.1.5 xxxxxxxx 4096 1024 0x0005 Thanks much Jeff, for reminding me of this, and Mike for writing it. And so as not to taunt people looking at archives: http://www.dcr.net/~mandrews/usrtoys/ Well worth the effort of putting all your gear in the config files. Charles
-- Jeff McAdams Email: jeffm@iglou.com Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456
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