3com S330 Manuale Utente

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The Report Firmware Version screen displays the following information about the 
management processor active firmware (the upgradeable firmware currently being 
used by the MCPU):

Version—The released firmware version number. This is the version number that 
is displayed on the login screen.

Origins—The original engineering build number for the release.

If the Version and Origins release numbers are the same, then the release is not an 
official release but rather a Beta test version.

Who—The user login ID for this software build.

Date—The date and time that the build was made.

Company Name—3Com Corporation (or OEM partner if desired)

Product Name—The PathBuilder product for which this image was built: 
PathBuilder S700, PathBuilder S600, PathBuilder S330, or PathBuilder S310.

In addition to the management processor firmware information listed above, the 
Report Firmware Version screen also lists the Boot Firmware Release—the version 
number of the boot firmware containing the bootstrap code used to bring up the 
operation firmware.)

The PathBuilder S330/S310 module retains the operation firmware in a flash 
memory bank located in the motherboard. On power-up or reset, the code image 
is copied from the flash memory to the main memory.

The flash memory retains a copy of the operation firmware and can be upgraded 
using TFTP or the Xmodem protocol. TFTP is used if you are attached over the 
Ethernet interface through a Telnet session. Xmodem is used if you are attached to 
serial port 1 on a VT100 terminal. 

When downloading, the flash memory is overwritten with the new code. Once the 
firmware is successfully downloaded, a system reset brings up the new code.