THOMSON SpeedTouch 605 User Manual page 200

Chapter 7
Software Upgrade
Procedure
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To upgrade/restore the SpeedTouch™ system software:
In a preliminary step, make sure that a BOOTP server is readily installed on the
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computer from which you intend to perform the system software upgrade.
Configure the BOOTP server to use the SpeedTouch™ system software image
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file in its reply to BOOTP requests from the SpeedTouch™ you want to upgrade.
To identify the BOOTP requests from the SpeedTouch™, you will need to define
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an IP range for basic communication between the BOOTP server and the
SpeedTouch™. Depending on the BOOTP server, you might also need to specify
its MAC address (can be found on the web pages, see
page 54).
Start a telnet session as described in
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Put the SpeedTouch™ in BOOTP with the following CLI command.
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=>software upgrade
The SpeedTouch™ reboots and starts sending BOOTP requests.
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In BOOTP mode the Power LED is solidly lit red and the Ethernet LED
is flashing green.
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The BOOTP server will reply to the BOOTP requests and will perform the
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required operations to send the system software to the SpeedTouch™.
After checking whether the received system software is valid for the device,
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the SpeedTouch™ will start in normal operational mode to complete the
upgrade.
Optionally, you can upload the backup configuration as described in
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"4.3.8 Update" on page
" Telnet session" on page
61.
"4.3.1 Information" on
14.
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