DELL S50V User Manual

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 are supported on platforms: 

e

In-Service Modular Hot-Fixes provides a tool whereby you can install a patch while the system is on-line 
and running. This feature allows a patch to be added to a running FTOS process to obtain debugging 
information or to resolve a software issue in a deployed system.

There is no need to reload or reboot the system when the patch is inserted. The In-Service Modular patch 
replaces the existing process code. Once installation is complete, the system executes the patch code as 
though it was always there. 

Add the patch with the 

 command. Remove a patch and 

revert to the original code with the 

 

 command.

The patch name includes the FTOS version, the platform, the CPU, and the process it affects 
(FTOS-platform-cpu-process-patchversion.rtp). For example, a patch labeled 

 

identifies that this patch applies to FTOS version 7.8.1.0, on the E-Series platform, for RP2, addressing the 
layer 2 management process, and this is the first version of this patch.

Use the following to add a patch to the system.

1

If not already done, copy the patch to the 
Runtime Patch directory

 file-origin 

 

RUNTIME_PATCH_DIR

EXEC Privilege

2

Verify that the patch resides in the 
system’s internal flash.
In-Service Modular patches are 
identified as .rtp files

flash:/RUNTIME_PATCH_DIR
FTOS#

EXEC

Directory of flash:/RUNTIME_PATCH_DIR 

1  drwx       8192   Dec 06 2008 22:25:54 +00:00 .

2  drwx      32768   Jan 01 1980 00:00:00 +00:00 ..

3  -rwx       1835   Mar 03 2009 16:31:48 +00:00 7.8.0.1-EH-rp1-bgp-1.rtp

flash: 520962048 bytes total (242778112 bytes free)

3

Insert the patch.

CONFIGURATION

For example:

 

patch flash://RUNTIME_PATCH_DIR/7.8.0.1-EH-rp1-bgp-1.rtp

4

View all In-Service patches on the 
system.

EXEC

Patch version                Module   Cpu  Timestamp

7.8.0.1-EH-rp1-bgp-1.rtp     bgp      RP1  Tue Mar  3 16:10:08 PST 2009