Nortel Networks NN46120-104 User Manual

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Upgrading the NVG Software

For minor and major releases, the software upgrade will take part
synchronously among the set of VPN Gateways in a cluster. If one or
more VPN Gateways are not operational when the software is upgraded,
they will automatically pick up the new version when they are started.

Note:

If more than one software upgrade has been performed to a

cluster while a VPN Gateway has been out of operation, the VPN
Gateway must be reinstalled with the software version currently in use
in that cluster. For more information about how to perform a reinstall,
see

“Reinstalling the Software” (page 70)

When you have downloaded the software upgrade package, you can
inspect its status with the

/boot/software/cur

command.

Step

Action

At the

Software Management#

prompt, enter the following

command:

>> Software Management# cur

Version Name Status

------- ---- ------

7.0.1 SSL unpacked

5.1.5 SSL permanent

The downloaded software upgrade package is indicated with the
status

unpacked

. The software versions can be marked with

one out of four possible status values. The meaning of these
status values are:

•

unpacked

means that the software upgrade package has

been downloaded and automatically decompressed.

•

permanent

means that the software is operational and will

survive a reboot of the system.

•

old

means the software version has been permanent but

is not currently operational. If a software version marked old
is available, it is possible to switch back to this version by
activating it again.

•

current

means that a software version marked as old or

unpacked has been activated. As soon as the system has
performed the necessary health checks, the current status
changes to permanent.

To activate the unpacked software upgrade package, use the

activate

command.

At the

Software Management#

prompt, enter:

Nortel VPN Gateway

User Guide

NN46120-104

02.01

Standard

14 April 2008