Software Upgrades - Opengear SPG-8260 User Manual

Software Upgrades

This section provides instructions for upgrading the software for your card using DashBoard.
To upgrade the software for the SPG-8260(-W) card
1. Contact Ross Technical Support for the latest software version file.
2. In DashBoard, display the Device tab of the card by double-clicking its status indicator in the
Basic Tree View.
3. From the Device tab, click Upload to display the Select File for upload dialog box.
4. Navigate to the *.bin upload file you wish to upload. DashBoard automatically selects the last
directory that you loaded from.
5. Click Open to display a confirmation dialog box. This dialog box displays the selected upload file
name, type, size, and the file creation date.
6. From the Confirmation dialog box, select one of the following:
• Cancel — Select this option to cancel the upload of the file and return to the Device View.
• Continue — Select this option to upload the file. While uploading, an Uploading Progress
dialog box opens.
 Clicking the Cancel button while uploading will leave the card in an invalid state. Do not click
Cancel unless the uploading progress has stopped completely for 60 seconds or more.
7. Monitor the upgrade progress bar displayed in DashBoard while the software is upgraded on
your card.
8. To complete the upgrade process, you must reboot the card as follows:
• From the Device tab, click Reboot to reboot card. The reboot process takes up to 30 seconds.
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The communications processor of the card requires approximately 30 seconds to re-start and
re-establish network communications.
• The card automatically saves all your settings before starting the reboot process.
• The status of all the cards in the frame are grayed out until the reboot process is complete.
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