Downloading Firmware to Port Circuit Packs
You can download updated application code for a port circuit pack on site or remotely. This eliminates the need to physically remove the circuit pack and send it to the factory for the firmware update. This feature is available on all DEFINITY ECS platforms--r, si, csi--and DEFINITY ONE.
This section contains these information topics:
Downloadable Circuit Packs
The port circuit packs supported by DEFINITY ECS and DEFINITY ONE include the
- UDS1 family of circuit packs--TN464GP, TN2464BP, and TN2313AP
- TN2302AP IP Media Processor
- TN771DP Maintenance Test.
For the download, you need a temporary staging area to keep the firmware images before uploading them to the source board. Although the download is normally done from a PC, it can be done from other servers, such as UNIX.
Download Requirements
To download firmware to appropriate circuit packs requires the following items:
On the DEFINITY ECS:
- One source board--TN799
x Control Lan (C-LAN) circuit pack--with an Ethernet data module administered
- Target port circuit packs with P suffix designation
- Services login and password
- Need clear channel between source (C-LAN) and target board (remote EPNs only).
On an IBM-compatible PC or other server:
- Windows 95/98/2000/NT (if a PC)
- IP connectivity to the source board
- IP or modem connectivity to the World Wide Web
- File transfer protocol (FTP) software program
- Web browser (Netscape 4.5 or Internet Explorer 5 or higher)
About the Download Process
The target boards are automatically busied out before the firmware is downloaded to them and automatically returned to service after the download is completed. While a DS1 board is busied out, any active calls through that board are dropped.
Customers can obtain the firmware image using the AvayaCustomer Support Web site.
Before you can load files onto the source board, you must first enable a file system on the board to accept the files. The enable filesystem command allocates the largest block of memory available up to 1 MB (1024 Kbytes) for a TN799C; however you can specify a smaller filesystem on a TN799C. For a TN799DP, the enable filesystem command allocates the largest block of memory up to 8 MB (8192 Kbytes) even if the size is specified for a smaller filesystem.
If the source board does not have enough available memory, make sure old files are deleted or wait until there is less traffic on the board.
The source board for R10 is the TN799x Control Lan (C-LAN) circuit pack. You use an FTP program to download the files to the source board. You will need the IP address for the source board.
Target boards can be upgraded immediately or scheduled for upgrade at a less busy time to minimize down time. The download process assumes that the firmware image files are resident on the source board (TN799x C-LAN).
If you are upgrading firmware on a circuit pack used as a primary sync source, the timing automatically moves to a secondary sync source if available, otherwise to a local sync source when the board is automatically busied out during the firmware download process. The timing automatically moves back to the proper sync sources after the boards are returned to service.
If you need to abort a scheduled firmware download, see Abort a Firmware Download.
Task List: Downloading the firmware
- Download image from support Web site
- Set up file system on source board (C-LAN in R10)
- Copy image from a PC to source board, using the file transfer protocol (FTP)
- Copy image from source board to target board. This task has its own task list.
