[cisco-voip] Device Pack installation question

[Ed Leatherman]

Thanks Eric, I keep forgetting I have to look at the file from my "cart" on
cisco.com to get a link to the readme file. Found it and I see what you are
talking about now.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Erick B. <erickbee at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found this line in a 7.1.x device pack readme, which is the same as
> old windows version device packs. If your running a device pack to add
> support for a new phone/etc you need to do a cluster wide reboot, but
> if the device pack just upgrades firmware for existing phone/device
> types you don't need to reboot. You may need to manually restart the
> TFTP service (not sure if the device pack install does that).
>
> From 7.1.x device pack readme,
>
> When applying this Device Package to enable new device support, a
> cluster-wide reboot is required for those devices to register
> successfully.   A clusterwide reboot IS NOT required when running to
> update existing firmware/support.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Ed Leatherman <ealeatherman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello, hope everyone's Friday is going well.
> >
> > I am looking at installing device pack 7.1.5.34066-3 on our cluster.
> >
> > When I go through the CLI using the "Utils system upgrade initiate"
> command,
> > it finds the file as a valid upgrade, and after it downloads and
> validates
> > the file it displays this message:
> >
> > A system reboot is required when the upgrade process completes or is
> > canceled.  This will ensure services affected by the upgrade process are
> > functioning properly.
> >
> > This is the first time i've tried doing a CLI upgrade/install of anything
> -
> > I just discovered the option. Since I don't want to reboot at this point,
> I
> > do not start the installation. Now, if I do this operation via the
> Software
> > Upgrade on the OS Admin web page, it does not give me a message about
> > rebooting. So.. would I need to reboot if I add the device pack or not? I
> > thought it was more along the lines of a firmware package, but I don't
> find
> > any documentation about device packs when I look in the doc roadmap - I
> > freely admit I could be looking in the wrong places for it though.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Ed Leatherman
> >
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