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Enabling and disabling management module
CPU usage calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Displaying management module CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Removing MAC address entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Chapter 6 Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files
Upgrading Software Images and Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . .125
Important software upgrade considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
CLI upgrade commands for R05.1.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Software upgrade procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Additional upgrade steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Rebooting the management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Performing a Hitless OS upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Performing an image coherence check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Displaying image versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Configurations conditions specific to NI-MLX-1Gx48-T modules . .145
Loading and saving configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Hitless OS upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Displaying CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
General upgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Special upgrade information for PowerConnect B-MLXe routers127
Interface module software upgrade considerations . . . . . . . .127
Important memory requirement information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Determining current software image versions. . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Upgrading the combined IronWare Application Image on
management modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Upgrading the monitor image on a management module . . .131
Upgrading the boot image on a management module . . . . . .132
Upgrading the boot and monitor images on interface modules132
Upgrading interface modules using the combined FPGA image133
Upgrading MBRIDGE images on management modules . . . .134
Upgrading individual FPGA images on interface modules . . .135
Performing a coherence check without a reload. . . . . . . . . . .138
Using the show flash command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Configuring file size for startup and running configuration . .146
Configuration buffers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Replacing the startup configuration with
the running configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Replacing the startup configuration
with the running configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Retaining the current startup configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Copying a configuration file to or from a TFTP server . . . . . . .149
Making local copies of the startup configuration file . . . . . . .149
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