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Updating Your System Software
7
CAUTION:
The FSM module requires LANplex system software revision 8.0.0
or later and LMM+ revision 1.21 or greater (for revision 1 modules) or
revision 2.12 or greater (for revision 2 modules). See “Upgrading Your LMM or
LMM+” on page 5.
The menu item
ip
forwarding
was changed to
ip
routing
at release
7.0.0. If you have created automated scripts that include
ip
forwarding
,
you must edit these scripts to reflect this change.
For more information about this release, see “What’s New at Revision 8.0.2?”
and “What’s New at Revision 8.0.1?” on page 13.
Before You Start
Before you install your new software, read all of these release notes.
Carefully read the sections “System Issues” on page 21 and “Known
Problems” on page 22.
Updating Your
System Software
You can install a new software version from any host that is running ftp
server software. The system software is distributed for both UNIX® and
MS-DOS® platforms.
The following media types are used to distribute compressed files for
software releases:
■
UNIX tar format 3
1
/
2
-inch, double-sided, high-density 1.44 MB diskettes
■
MS-DOS format 3
1
/
2
-inch, double-sided, high-density 1.44 MB diskettes
To install or upgrade your system software, you must:
■
Copy the software from the diskette to your UNIX or MS-DOS computer’s
hard disk.
■
Decompress the software.
■
Load the system software from your computer’s hard disk to flash memory
on the LMM+.
Details for these procedures are provided in the next section.