Technicolor - Thomson 605 User Manual
Chapter 7
Software Upgrade
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Procedure
To upgrade/restore the SpeedTouch™ system software:
1
In a preliminary step, make sure that a BOOTP server is readily installed on the
computer from which you intend to perform the system software upgrade.
computer from which you intend to perform the system software upgrade.
2
Configure the BOOTP server to use the SpeedTouch™ system software image
file in its reply to BOOTP requests from the SpeedTouch™ you want to upgrade.
file in its reply to BOOTP requests from the SpeedTouch™ you want to upgrade.
3
To identify the BOOTP requests from the SpeedTouch™, you will need to define
an IP range for basic communication between the BOOTP server and the
SpeedTouch™. Depending on the BOOTP server, you might also need to specify
its MAC address (can be found on the web pages, see
an IP range for basic communication between the BOOTP server and the
SpeedTouch™. Depending on the BOOTP server, you might also need to specify
its MAC address (can be found on the web pages, see
4
Start a telnet session as described in
.
5
Put the SpeedTouch™ in BOOTP with the following CLI command.
6
The SpeedTouch™ reboots and starts sending BOOTP requests.
7
The BOOTP server will reply to the BOOTP requests and will perform the
required operations to send the system software to the SpeedTouch™.
required operations to send the system software to the SpeedTouch™.
8
After checking whether the received system software is valid for the device,
the SpeedTouch™ will start in normal operational mode to complete the
upgrade.
the SpeedTouch™ will start in normal operational mode to complete the
upgrade.
9
Optionally, you can upload the backup configuration as described in
.
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I
In BOOTP mode the Power LED is solidly lit red and the Ethernet LED
is flashing green.
is flashing green.