[j-nsp] ERX software upgrades

[Gabriel Blanchard]

I had the same problem... I couldn't figure it out a few years back

What you need to do is just feed it with the appropriate .rel file and the ERX will automatically pull all the other required files on it's own via ftp.

-Gabe

On 2011-01-07, at 3:17 PM, Paul Stewart wrote:

> Hi folks.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm doing my first ERX based software upgrade on a lab box.  Reading through
> the docs, I have finally figured out the steps involved and how to use FTP
> to upload the files etc.
> 
> 
> 
> In one of the steps it says:
> 
> 
> 
> Task 7: Identify the Files to Transfer
> 
> To identify all the files for the release, open the software release (.rel)
> file
> 
> on the ERX software CD with a text editor. The software release file
> 
> contains a list of all the files associated with the release. You must
> transfer
> 
> the software release file and all the files it contains to the user space.
> 
> 
> 
> When I open up the 1Gig+ zip file I find the actual .rel file.  It has a
> huge list of files to select from.  How do I know which files I need?  This
> is an ERX-310 with an 8 port HDE card...    towards the bottom of the text
> file there is a series of "subsystem" sections.  One of them says "required"
> and then the other sections are named similar to that of modules we could
> have installed (but don't such as OC-12).
> 
> 
> 
> So I'm thinking we need to transfer these files up to the box - am I on the
> right track?  I would just upload all of them but there's not enough space
> on the system to hold an image (it's over 1 Gig and the flash is only 1 Gig)
> 
> 
> 
> Subsystem; required
> 
> srp.exe
> 
> srpBoot.cmp
> 
> srpBootSymbols.sym
> 
> srpDiag.exe
> 
> srpIc.exe
> 
> srpIcDiag.exe
> 
> srpStartup.exe
> 
> srpTechSupport.cmd
> 
> otfConversions510.otf
> 
> srp40.exe
> 
> srp40Boot.cmp
> 
> srp40BootSymbols.sym
> 
> srp40Diag.exe
> 
> srp40Startup.exe
> 
> srp40TechSupport.cmd
> 
> otfConversions40.otf
> 
> srp310.exe
> 
> srp310Boot.cmp
> 
> srp310Diag.exe
> 
> srp310Startup.exe
> 
> srp310TechSupport.cmd
> 
> otfConversions310.otf
> 
> release.ini
> 
> EndSubsystem;
> 
> 
> 
> Subsystem; codeconv
> 
> otfConversions510.otf
> 
> ic510_cconv.hfx
> 
> otfConversions40.otf
> 
> ic40_cconv.hfx
> 
> otfConversions310.otf
> 
> ic310_cconv.hfx
> 
> EndSubsystem;
> 
> 
> 
> Subsystem; ge
> 
> ge.exe
> 
> geDiag.cmp
> 
> ifaFc.exe
> 
> oc12aBoot.cmp
> 
> oc12aExtendedBoot.cmp
> 
> oc12aStartup.exe
> 
> efaFc.exe
> 
> geFpgas.cmp
> 
> geVeFpgas.cmp
> 
> geTechSupport.cmd
> 
> oc12aIssuBoot.exe
> 
> ge_cconv.hxe
> 
> ge_cconv.hfd
> 
> EndSubsystem;
> 
> 
> 
> Subsystem; vts (NO IDEA ON THIS ONE)
> 
> 
> 
> Subsystem; ut3f12 (NO IDEA ON THIS ONE)
> 
> 
> 
> Subsystem; ge2 (difference between GE and GE2 I have no idea)
> 
> ge2.exe
> 
> ge2Diag.cmp
> 
> ge2Boot.cmp
> 
> ge2Startup.exe
> 
> ge2Fpgas.cmp
> 
> ge2ISP.cmp
> 
> pia750FxFc.exe
> 
> ge2TechSupport.cmd
> 
> ge2IssuBoot.exe
> 
> ge2_cconv.hfd
> 
> ge2_cconv.hxe
> 
> ge2PTE.cmp
> 
> EndSubsystem;
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Paul
> 
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