Upgrading The Appliance Firmware; Viewing The Switching System Configuration; Viewing And Disconnecting User Connections; Figure 4.15: Upgrade Window - IBM 1735-2GX Installation And User Manual

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Upgrading the appliance firmware

You can use the OSCAR interface to upgrade the firmware available for the appliance. For
optimum performance, keep the firmware current.

Figure 4.15: Upgrade window

To upgrade appliance firmware, complete the following steps:
1. Download the latest version of the firmware from http://www.ibm.com/support/ onto a TFTP
server.
2. Start the OSCAR interface.
3. Click Commands > Display Versions > Upgrade. The Download window opens.
4. Type the IP address of the TFTP server in the TFTP IP field.
5. Type the pathname to the file in the Filename field.
6. Click the Download button.
7. Click Upgrade. A Warning window opens. Clicking OK opens the Upgrade Process window.
The progress of the upgrade is indicated in the Programmed field.

Viewing the switching system configuration

Use the Display Configuration window to view the configuration of the switching system.
To view the current configuration, complete the following steps:
Click Commands > Display Config. The Display Configuration window opens and lists the
current system configuration values.

Viewing and disconnecting user connections

You can view and disconnect users from target devices through the User Status window. The user
(U) is always visible; however, you can display either the target device name or eID number to
which a user is connected. If there is no user currently connected to a channel, the User and Server
Name fields are blank.