Sensor Software Upgrade Using A Tftp Server - McAfee M-1250 - Network Security Platform Upgrade Manual

5 Performing Signature Set and Sensor Software upgrade
Updating Sensor software image

Sensor software upgrade using a TFTP server

To download a software image directly to the Sensor via a TFTP server, you must first download the
software image to your TFTP server.
See your TFTP server documentation for specific instructions on how to download the image to your
TFTP server.
Task
Download the software image from the Update Server to your TFTP server. This file is compressed
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in a .jar file.
2 Rename the .jar file to .zip file.
3 Unzip the file using Winzip.
Extract the files to your TFTP boot folder [/tftpboot].
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Once the image is on your TFTP server, upload the image from the TFTP server to the Sensor.
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From your Sensor Console, perform the following steps:
1 Log on to the Sensor. The default username is admin and default password admin123.
McAfee strongly recommends you change the default password, in case you haven't done so
already.
2 Specify the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the TFTP server to identify it to the Sensor. At the prompt,
type: set tftpserver ip <A.B.C.D> For example, set tftpserver ip 192.34.2.8 where
<A.B.C.D> represents an IPv4 address. Or Specify an IPv6 address as given below: set
tftpserver ip <A:B:C:D:E:F:G:H> where <A:B:C:D:E:F:G:H> represents a 128-bit address
written as octet (eight groups) of four hexadecimal numbers, separated by colons. Each group (
A,B,C,D, etc.) represents a group of hexadecimal numbers between 0000-FFFF. For example,
set tftpserver ip 2001:0db8:8a2e:0000:0000:0000:0000:0111. If one or more four-digit
group(s) is 0000, the zeros may be omitted and replaced with two colons (::) For example, set
tftpserver ip 2001:0db8:8a2e::0111
3 Load the image file on the Sensor. At the prompt, type: loadimage <filename> For example,
loadimage sensorsw_2700_xxxx
4 A message appears when the image is loaded. To use the new software image, you must reboot
the Sensor. At the prompt, type: reboot You must confirm that you want to reboot.
After the reboot process is complete, the Sensor deletes the old signature set. Because the
signature set is incompatible with the current Manager version, the Sensor's System Health Status
on the CLI is displayed as "uninitialiazed."
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