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378 Chapter 14: Software installation, upgrade, and update procedures

553-3202-210 Standard October 1998

Section 3: To upgrade Meridian Link from Release 4 to
Release 5C

If you have Meridian Link Release 4 and want to update to Release 5C, you
must install the operating system, install the application, and then enter a
keycode to activate it.

To do this:

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Perform Procedure 11: Back up configuration and data files.

Note: At this point, Release 4 is still installed. Procedure 11, although
intended for Release 5C, can be used to back up Release 4 files. Ignore
any differences between the messages shown in Procedure 11 and the
messages you see.

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Perform Procedure 4: Power down the IPE Module or the Application
Module.

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Depending on the type of SBC card installed, perform one of the
following:

Ñ Procedure 5: Load the operating system on an Application Module

with an MVME147 card

Ñ Procedure 6: Load the operating system tape on an IPE Module or

an Application Module with an MVME167 card

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Perform Procedure 7: Reboot and go through setup.

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Perform Procedure 3: Load the application software from tape.