Instruction File Usage Guidelines; Firmware Upgrade Files; Bootup Configuration File - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450 Management Manual

Managing Automatic Remote Configuration Download

Instruction File Usage Guidelines

• The instruction file is case sensitive and can contain only the keywords provided in the instruction file
output example.
• The keywords can be placed in any order.
• If the Keyword:Value format is incorrect, the information on that line is discarded.
• Firmware version must be provided in the format as specified in the example.
• Pathnames provided must contain the complete path to the file location.
• If any file is not required, the value is provided as "None". For example, if a debug configuration file is
not required to be downloaded, the instruction file syntax is as follows:
Debug filename:None
Debug location:None
• The header line is the first line of the instruction file and begins with "!" character.
• Header line contents are logged to the switch log along with the other contents of the instruction file.
• The header and comment lines begin with "!" character.

Firmware Upgrade Files

Firmware files are also known as image files. These files have the .img extension.
Firmware files are different for each OmniSwitch platform. The relevant firmware files are downloaded
from the location mentioned in the instruction file. The filenames of the firmware files must exactly match
the files which are to be downloaded. The filenames are in the *os.img, *base.img, *en.img format,
where * can be 'J', 'K', 'K2', 'K2I', or 'G' based on the OmniSwitch product. Modified filenames are not
recognized.
Details about the different firmware files and file names can be found in the Available Image Files section
in Chapter 1, "Managing System
Firmware files are downloaded only when the firmware version in the instruction file is higher than the
firmware version present on the switch.

Bootup Configuration File

The bootup configuration (boot.cfg) file is not present during the initial bootup process when a new
switch is integrated in to the network. The boot.cfg file is automatically generated and stored in the
/flash/working directory when a
During the automatic remote configuration process, the bootup configuration file is downloaded from the
FTP/SFTP server and stored as boot.cfg in the /flash/working directory of the switch.
If no script file is downloaded, the switch boots up normally according to the configurations specified in
the boot.cfg file when the remote configuration download process is completed.
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