Downloading Firmware to Port Circuit Packs
With Release 9, 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:
and the Task List: Downloading the firmware
Downloadable Circuit Packs
The port circuit packs supported in Release 9 (DEFINITY ECS) and Release 3 (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
C Control Lan (C-LAN) circuit pack--with an Ethernet data module administered
- Target port circuit packs with P designation
- DEFINITY ECS Release 9 or DEFINITY ONE Release 3 software
- 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)
- Modem (for remote downloads to the source board)
- IP connectivity to the source board
- IP 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 access and download the firmware image on site using the Avaya Customer Support Web site.
Before you can load files onto the source board, you must first set up a file system on the board to accept the files. The filesystem allocates the largest block of memory available up to 1 MB; however, you can specify 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 Release 9 is the TN799C Control Lan (C-LAN) circuit pack. You use an FTP program to download the files to the source board. You'll need the IP address for the source board.
You can download the files immediately or schedule them for download at a less busy time to minimize down time. The download proceess assumes that the firmware image files are resident on the source board (TN799C C-LAN).
If you are scheduling circuit packs used as primary and secondary sync sources (such as TN464GPs), the timing automatically moves to a local sync source when the boards are busied out during the download. 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 R9)
- 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.
