Verifying That The Key Was Successfully Loaded; Troubleshooting An Unsuccessful Loading Of A Key - 3Com V7122 User Manual

Example of a Software Upgrade Key File Containing Multiple S/N Lines
Figure 95
Loading the Software Upgrade Key Using BootP/TFTP
To load the Software Upgrade Key file using BootP/TFTP:
Place the file in the same location you've saved the device's cmp file. Note that in order
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to load the Software Upgrade Key using TFTP server, the extension of the key file must
be ini.
Start the BootP/TFTP configuration utility and from the Services menu in the main
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screen, choose option Clients; the Client Configuration screen is displayed (see
Figure 126).
From the drop-down list in the INI File field, select the Software Upgrade Key file instead
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of the device's ini file. Note that the device's cmp file must be specified in the Boot File
field.
Configure the initial BootP/TFTP parameters required, and click OK (see
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The BootP/TFTP Configuration
Reset the device; the device's cmp and Software Upgrade Key files are loaded to the
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device.

Verifying that the Key was Successfully Loaded

After installing the key, you can determine in the Embedded Web Server's read-only 'Key
features:' panel (Software Update menu > Software Upgrade Key) (see
features and capabilities activated by the installed string match those that were ordered.
You can also verify that the key was successfully loaded to the device by accessing the
Syslog server. For detailed information on the Syslog server, see
key is successfully loaded, the following message is issued in the Syslog server:
'S/N___ Key Was Updated. The Board Needs to be Reloaded with ini file\n'

Troubleshooting an Unsuccessful Loading of a Key

If the Syslog server indicates that a Software Upgrade Key file was unsuccessfully loaded
(the SN_ line is blank), take the following preliminary actions to troubleshoot the issue:
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