Allied Telesis AT-S25 - Manual (Page 135)

AT-S25 Version 1.2 User’s Guide
135
Using Omega to Upgrade Additional Stacks
Once you have upgrade the software on one stack in the network, you
can use the Omega interface to download the new software onto the
other stacks in your network.
The stack uses TFTP of the TCP/IP protocol suite to download the
software between stacks. These download features will still work even if
you do not use TCP/IP on your network. A stack can download software
to other stacks of the same product family as long as the following
conditions are met.
❑ If your network does not use TCP/IP, the stacks must be in the
same local segment (collision domain).
❑ If your network uses TCP/IP and the stacks are on different
subnets, the default gateway IP parameter must be properly
configured in all stacks.
❑ All stacks must have the same Download Password as the source
stacks. See the section Configuring IP Parameters on page 38.
Downloading
Software to One
Stack
To download a new version of the switch software from one stack to
another stack using the Omega interface, perform the following
procedure:
1. Start an Omega session with the stack that contains the new software.
The session can be a local session, web-based session, or remote
session.
2. From the Main Menu, select the master switch.
3. From the Main Menu, select Administration.
4. From the Administration menu, select, Update software in another
system.
5. Specify the stack to upgrade using one of the following methods:
❑ By its IP address, in the format x.x.x.x
❑ By its Ethernet (or MAC) address, in the format xxxxxx xxxxxx
(The stacks must be on the same collision domain.)
The MAC address of a stack can be found above the master
switch’s RS232 management port on the front panel.
The screen immediately turns on the Activity Monitor screen and
displays the information as the destination switch requests and
then receives the software.