Rolling Back A Software Upgrade; Downgrading Using Roxflash - Siemens RX1500 User Manual

RUGGEDCOM ROX II
User Guide
• Section 3.11.5.1, "Rolling Back a Software Upgrade"
• Section 3.11.5.2, "Downgrading Using ROXflash"
Section 3.11.5.1

Rolling Back a Software Upgrade

To activate a previous version of the ROX II software stored on the inactive partition, do the following:
1. Navigate to admin » software-upgrade and click rollback-reboot in the menu. The Trigger Action form
appears.
Figure 57: Trigger Action Form
1. Perform Button
2. Click Perform. The device is automatically rebooted. Once the reboot is complete, the previously inactive
partition containing the older software version is changed to an active state.
Section 3.11.5.2

Downgrading Using ROXflash

ROXflash is used to flash any previous version of a ROX II software image to the inactive partition. Images are
obtained through a Siemens Sales representative.
After a successful software downgrade and reboot, the downgraded partition is activated.
IMPORTANT!
Use ROXflash only to install earlier versions of the ROX II software. Newer software versions should
be installed using the software upgrade functions. For more information about upgrading the ROX II
software, refer to
IMPORTANT!
When a USB Mass Storage drive is used, do not remove the drive during the file transfer.
NOTE
If a major system failure is detected upon rebooting with the newly downgraded partition, the device
will automatically roll back to the previously active partition.
To flash the inactive partition with an earlier version of the ROX II software, do the following:
Rolling Back a Software Upgrade
Section 3.11.3, "Upgrading the ROX II Software".
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