Nortel 3050 Command Reference Manual page 470

470 Command Reference
The Software Management menu is used to show the current software
status of the particular VPN Gateway to which you have connected. The
menu is also used to download software upgrade packages through
TFTP/FTP/SCP/SFTP, as well as activating or deleting a software upgrade
package.
Table 209
Software Management Menu Options (/boot/software)
Command Syntax and Usage
cur
activate <software version as listed when using the cur command>
download <protocol [ftp|scp|sftp]> <server host name or IP address>
<filename> <FTP server user name and password>
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Displays the software status of the particular VPN Gateway to which
you have connected through Telnet, SSH, or a console connection. For
a sample screen output, see
Status Command" (page
Activates a downloaded software upgrade package indicated as
unpacked (when using the cur command). If serious problems occur
while running the new software version, you may switch back to the
previous version by activating the software version indicated as old
(when using the cur command). Note that you will be logged out upon
confirming the activate command.
Downloads a new software package from a FTP/SCP/SFTP server, to
perform a minor or major upgrade. You need to provide the host name
or IP address of the server, as well as the file name of the software
upgrade package. Software upgrade packages typically have the .pkg
file name extension.
If you include a directory path and file name (separated by a forward
slash (/)) on the same line as the FTP server host name or IP address
when you run the command, make sure you put the combined directory
path and file name string within double quotation marks.
Example:
>> Software Management# download ftp 10.0.0.1
"pub/SSL-7.0.1-upgrade_complete.pkg"
If you are using anonymous mode when downloading the software
package from an FTP server, the following string is used as the
password (for logging purposes): admin@'hostname'.isd
Nortel VPN Gateway
Command Reference
NN46120-103 01.01 Standard
10 September 2007
"/boot/software/cur Current Software
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