Software Maintenance Methods - 3Com SECPATH U200-CS Installation Manual

The configuration file name cannot be longer than 64 characters (including drive identifier and a
string terminator). If the drive identifier is "CF:/", the file name can be at most [ 64 – 1 – 4 ] = 59
characters in length; or, errors will occur in file operation. Typically, the file name is recommended
to be not more than 16 characters.
The configuration file as a result of Web-based management is also saved in the CF card.
Currently, the device supports only the M type of configuration file, with a suffix of .xml.

Software Maintenance Methods

You can maintain software of a U200 series device either the Web interface of the command line
interface (CLI).
For the detailed description about software maintenance through the Web interface, refer to "Upgrading
the Signature Database and Maintaining Configuration Files" on page 6-34.
In the CLI approach, the following two methods are available for software upgrading:
Upgrade BootWare and applications using the Xmodem protocol through a serial interface.
Upgrade applications using TFTP/FTP through Ethernet interface on BootWare menu or through
command lines.
The BootWare program is upgraded together with the Comware application. You do not need to
upgrade the BootWare separately. The system automatically upgrades the BootWare program to
the latest version if the current BootWare version is found to be inconsistent with the BootWare
version contained in the host application.
Check the current version of the BootWare and the Comware application before upgrading them.
For the association between the Comware application version and the BootWare program version,
refer to the version configuration information in Release Notes.
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