Boot Procedure - Patton electronics SmartWare R.3.20 Software Configuration Manual

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timer FIRMWARE_UPDATE now + 2 minutes every 10 minutes "provisioning execute FIRMWARE"
timer CONFIG_UPDATE now + 2 minutes every 10 minutes "provisioning execute CONFIG"

Boot procedure

During a normal boot procedure of a SmartNode, the bootstrap application checks for an application image in
the persistent memory and executes it. One of the last start-up tasks to finish in bringing up the entire system
is handling the operating configuration. The configuration startup-config is copied from the logical region
nvram: in nonvolatile memory to the logical region running-config in the volatile memory.
the boot procedure.
There are two situations during bootstrap when the bootloader takes control:
• "If the user has pressed the resetbutton,
• If a valid application image is not available

Boot procedure

Power-On
Bootstrap
Reset Button
released
Application
Image
valid
Application
start Software Modules
System Button
use startup-config
Figure 9. Boot procedure
Bootloader
pressed
invalid
pressed
released
use factory-config
System Up
5 • System image handling
Figure 9 illustrates
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