Getting Started; B.1 Getting Started - Cabletron Systems ETWMIM User Manual

DOWNLOADING AN IMAGE FILE

B.1 GETTING STARTED

Cabletron ships two versions of the same firmware image file with
each upgrade kit. The first file, suffixed with .hex (after it has been
decompressed from a .zip) is for Standard Local Downloading. The
second file, suffixed with .fls (after it has been decompressed from a
.zip) is for Remote Runtime Downloading.
Before you can download the image to a device, you must:
• load the image file onto your network rarp server
Note: For information on how to setup a workstation as a rarp
server, refer to your specific workstation documentation and the
guidelines outlined in this instruction guide.
• decompress the image file.
Note: For your convenience, Cabletron includes the PKUNZIP
utility for easy decompression of the "zipped" file. If you are
using a UNIX workstation as a rarp server, and you do not have
a decompression utility that recognizes the PKZIP format, you
can obtain a copy of a UNIX decompression utility or the image
file from the Cabletron Systems FTP server. Contact Cabletron
Technical Support for details.
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