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3 utility | upload – Comtech EF Data CRS-500 User Manual

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CRS-500 1:N Redundancy System

Revision 2

Ethernet-Based Remote Product Management

MN-CRS500

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8.5.3.4.3 Utility | Upload

Chapter 5. UPDATING FIRMWARE

Use this page to upload a firmware update file from the user PC into the CRS-500 controller’s

flash memory.

Figure 8-9. Utility | Upload Page

Firmware Upload

Upgrade Image File


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First, click [Browse] to locate and select the firmware file that was first acquired by

archive file download from the Comtech EF Data Web site (or obtained from Comtech

EF Data Customer Support via e-mail or on CD), and then extracted and stored on the

User PC in a temporary folder (directory).

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Then, click [Upload] to complete the upgrade process. The file will first upload to the

controller’s flash memory; the firmware upgrade bulk image file then loads into the non-

active image – that is, the image that is not currently selected as the active firmware

image (as it appears on the Utility | Boot Slot page, in the Boot From: field).