Nortel Networks 5500 series - Manual (Page 370)

370 Upgrading or reinstalling the software
marked as unpacked. After you activate the unpacked software version
(which causes the Nortel SNAS to reboot), the software version is marked
as permanent. The software version previously marked as permanent will
then be marked as old.
For minor and major releases, the software upgrade occurs in
synchronized fashion among the set of Nortel SNAS devices in a cluster. If
a Nortel SNAS device in a cluster is not operational when the software is
upgraded, it will automatically pick up the new version when it is started.
ATTENTION
If more than one software upgrade has been performed on a cluster while a
Nortel SNAS device has been out of operation, the software version currently in
use in that cluster must be reinstalled on that Nortel SNAS device. For more
information about how to perform a reinstall, see
“Reinstalling the software”
(page 372) .
When you have downloaded the software upgrade package, you can
inspect its status with the
/boot/software/cur command.
Step Action
1 At the Software Management# prompt, enter the following
command:
>> Software Management# cur
Version Name Status
------- ---- ------
x.x NSNAS old
z.z NSNAS 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
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