AOS Release 6.4.6.R01 Release Notes November 2013
Appendix B: AOS 6.4.6.R01 Auto-FPGA
Upgrade Instructions (OS6850E Only)
OS6850E Auto-FPGA Upgrade Overview
This section documents the Automatic FPGA upgrade procedure on OS6850E models for AOS release
6.4.6.R01. The Automatic FPGA upgrade procedure can be be used on the OS6850E models to reduce the
number of reboots to just one when upgrading the FPGA.
Note: The Auto-FPGA upgrade procedure is not supported on OS6850E-U24X units with CPLD v7.
Please refer to Appendix A for the alternate upgrade procedure.
Prerequisites
This instruction sheet requires that the following conditions are understood and performed, BEFORE
upgrading:
• Read and understand the entire upgrade procedure before performing any steps.
• The person performing the upgrade must:
- Be the responsible party for maintaining the switch’s configuration.
- Be aware of any issues that may arise from a network outage caused by improperly loading this
code.
- Understand that the switch must be rebooted and network users will be affected by this
procedure.
- Have a working knowledge of the switch to configure it to accept an FTP connection through
the Network Interface (NI) Ethernet port.
• Read the Release Notes prior to performing any upgrade for information specific to this release.
• All FTP transfers MUST be done in binary mode.
WARNING: Do not proceed until all the above prerequisites have been met and understood. Any
deviation from these upgrade procedures could result in the malfunctioning of the switch. All steps in
these procedures should be reviewed before beginning.
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