Displaying Hardware Information; Displaying Or Updating Flash Memory - Equinox Systems ESP-2 OPTO Installation And User Manual

4.6 Displaying Hardware Information

The Hardware Information display includes the following items:
• Model number
• Hardware revision number
• Number of serial ports
• EEPROM revision number
• Amount of SDRAM in megabytes
• Amount of FLASH memory in megabytes
• Amount of EEPROM configuration memory in kilobytes
• Hub MAC address
• Hub serial number
This information cannot be modified.
To display hardware information:
Select Hardware Information from the Main Menu.

4.7 Displaying or Updating FLASH Memory

The Flash Update display includes information about the current images loaded in
FLASH memory. You may update the embedded application image or bootstrap
image in FLASH memory. Before updating a FLASH image, you must configure a
TFTP server on the target server system and install the new FLASH image in the
appropriate location, which is usually relative to the TFTP root directory.
To display FLASH image information or update an image:
1. From the Main Menu, select Flash Update.
The Application Image section includes the version number, size and internal slot
number for the Primary embedded application image. The previously installed
image is maintained as a backup; the Backup field contains its values.
The Bootstrap Image section indicates the version number, size and internal slot
number for the embedded kernel image. The previously installed image is
maintained as a backup. The Bootloader field indicates the version number and
size of the bootloader image.
2. To update the application image:
a. Click the Update Application button. The Application Image Update
window appears.
b. Enter the IP address of the TFTP server and the application image filename.
c. Click the Apply button. The update process may take up to 30 seconds to
complete. After the update completes, status will be displayed.
3. To update the bootstrap image:
a. Click the Update Bootstrap button. The Bootstrap Image Update
window appears.
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