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Checklist for Upgrading the Appliance Software
To upgrade using the CLI, follow these steps:
Log in to the appliance via the console port or SSH connection.
Step 1
Enter your MARS login name and password.
Step 2
To verify that the appliance is running the prerequisite version, run the CLI command:
Step 3
version
The appliance must be running the supported prerequisite version. If it is not, you must follow the
upgrade path to reach that version.
Step 4 Do one of the following:
MARS requires that the Internal Upgrade Server enforces user authentication. Therefore, you must
Note
specify a username and password pair to authenticate to the server whether it is accessed via HTTP,
HTTPS, or FTP. In addition, if you are passing through a proxy server, that server must also enforce
inline authentication.
To upgrade from a CD-ROM located in the appliance's DVD drive, run the CLI command:
•
pnupgrade cdrom://
Where package is the path on the CD where you have stored the *.pkg file and where [ver] is the version
number of the package file to which you want to upgrade, such as 3.3.4.
To upgrade from an internal HTTP or HTTPS server, run the CLI command:
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pnupgrade https://upgrade.myhttpserver.com/upgrade/packages/
pn-ver.pkg [user] [password]
— or —
pnupgrade http://upgrade.myhttpserver.com/upgrade/packages/
pn-ver.pkg [user] [password]
Where upgrade.myttpserver.com/upgrade/packages is the server name and path where you have
downloaded the other *.pkg file, and where ver is the version number, such as 3.3.4, and [user] and
[password] are your Internal Upgrade Server login name and password.
To upgrade from your FTP server after you have downloaded the file, run the CLI command:
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pnupgrade ftp://upgrade.myftpserver.com/upgrade/packages/
pn-ver.pkg [user] [password]
Where upgrade.myftpserver.com/upgrade/packages is the server name and path where you have
downloaded the other *.pkg file, and where [ver] is the version number, such as 3.3.4, [user] and
[password] are your Internal Upgrade Server login name and password.
• To upgrade from the Internal Upgrade Server through a proxy server, run the CLI command:
pnupgrade proxyServerIP:proxyServerPort [proxyUser:proxyPassword]
https://upgrade.myhttpserver.com/upgrade/packages/pn-ver.pkg [user] [password]
Where the variables are defined as follows:
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package ver
/pn-
:
proxyServerIP proxyServerPort
server residing between your appliance and the Internal Upgrade Server.
.pkg
identifies the IP address/port pair that connects to the proxy
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