Alternative Method For Software Upgrading - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Cisco TelePresence ISDN Link
Contents Introduction
Upgrading the software
Before you start using the system, make sure that the ISDN Link has the latest software version
installed. Go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/isdnlink-docs, and select Download Software to check
which is the latest software version.
The ISDN Link can be upgraded from a command line interface.
Checking the software version
To check software version, run the command:
xStatus SystemUnit Software Version
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Downloading and installing the software
If you have Internet access; initiate a software upgrade by fetching the software on a given URL. If
the FTP site requires username and password, these parameters must be included.

Alternative method for software upgrading

If you do not have Internet access, follow the SCP upgrade method.
SCP Upgrade Method
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Password protection
1. Software is available from the following URL:
http://ftp.tandberg.com/pub/software/endpoints
xCommand SystemUnit SoftwareUpgrade URL: "http://ftp.tandberg.com/pub/
software/endpoints/isdnlink/<filename>" UserName: "" Password: ""
*r SoftwareUpgradeResult (Status=OK)
2. When finished loading and installing the software, the unit will reboot.
1. Download the software to your computer. Software is available from the following URL:
http://ftp.tandberg.com/pub/software/endpoints
2. Root access needs to be enabled on ISDN Link (See
3. Copy the file to the ISDN Link using SCP, ensuring that the file is placed in folder /appl and is
named installsw:
i. If using SCP from the command line of your computer enter:
scp filetoupload.pkg root@ip.of.isdn.link:/appl/installsw
ii. If using WinSCP then connect to the ISDN Link as root and copy the file into /appl folder.
IMPORTANT: When you see the copy dialogue box showing /appl/*.* change this to /
appl/installsw so that the filename is changed to installsw. When file is copied using
WinSCP you may get some errors - these can be ignored.
4. Once the file has been uploaded to ISDN Link the unit needs to be restarted in order to use the
new software.
i. If logged in as root enter reboot.
ii. If logged in as admin enter xCommand Boot.
5. You can check the software version by logging in as admin. The software version is displayed
when logging on to the unit, or you can run the command xStatus SystemUnit and look for
the Software Version.
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