Upgrading the gui – Allied Telesis AR400 Series Router User Manual
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AR400 Series Router User Guide
Software Release 2.6.1
C613-02021-00 REV D
Upgrading the GUI
You can download the latest GUI resource file from the support site at
efore you start, ensure that the router is running
the most recent release and patch files. The GUI is not part of the firmware
release file, but the most recent resource file will generally only be compatible
with the most recent software release. To check which files the router is
running, refer to the “Current Install” section of the command:
SHOW INSTALL
If you are updating both the release and the resource file, set the preferred
release and restart the router before installing the GUI as described below.
To upgrade the GUI
1.
If required, delete the old GUI resource file
If required, you can store more than one GUI resource file on the router at a
time. If you want to delete the previous GUI resource file (for example, to
save memory), you must first disable the GUI, using the command:
DISABLE GUI
Then delete the GUI resource file, using the command:
DELETE FILE=old-gui.rsc
where:
•
old-gui.rsc is the name of the GUI resource file that you are replacing.
Wait until FLASH compaction has finished. This will take several minutes.
Do not interrupt the router’s power supply during FLASH compaction, under
any circumstances.
If you have multiple valid resource files and releases stored on the router, use the SET
INSTALL command to change the release and resource file the router uses (see below).
2.
Load the new file onto the router
Download the GUI resource file for your model of router from the website
to your TFTP server. Do not rename the file.
Resource files use a fixed naming convention, which includes a product code, a language
code and a version code. For example, filenames for the AR450S are of the form
d450se01.rsc. If you change the GUI resource file’s name, the router will not recognise
it as a valid file and you will be unable to use it for configuration.
Load the GUI resource file from your TFTP server to the router, using the
command:
LOAD FILE=filename.rsc SERVER=server
where:
•
filename is the name of the GUI resource file, as shown on the support
site for your router. Do not rename the file.
•
server is the IP address of the TFTP server the file is loaded from.