Version 6.6 313 October 2014
Installation & Operation Manual 33. Configuring Security Settings
33.7.1 Installing OS Security Patches from a Latest Installation
Package
This section describes how to install OS security patches from a latest Mediant 8000
Installation Package (e.g. 6.6.32) while preserving the existing core Mediant 8000
software version (e.g. 6.6.20).
Note: The procedure described in this chapter should be peformed only as part of
the Mediant 8000 software upgrade, as described in 'Pre-installing OS Patches' on
page 817
To install OS security patches from a latest installation package:
1. Determine which SC board currently operates as the Active and which as the
Standby board, as described in 'Working with the SC Boards' on page 223.
2. Transfer the latest installation package to both SC boards as described in .
'Transferring the Mediant 8000 Installation Package to the SC Boards' on page
130. The package will be transferred to the home directory of the logged in CLI
user (e.g. acladmin).
3. Connect to the CLI interface on the Standby SC board. For more information, see
Section 'The Command Line Interface (CLI)' on page 107.
4. Login as root user. For more information, see Section 'Logging in as a Root User'
on page 115.
5. Stop the Mediant 8000 software on the Standby SC board, by typing tools sc dn
and pressing Enter. When prompted to confirm this command, type y and press
Enter.
client238::~# tools sc dn
STOP SC SOFTWARE
Stop SC software? ([y]/n) : y
>>> Stop watchdog process...
>>> Wait for application to stop...
Note: The Mediant 8000 software must be stopped on the Standby SC board during
the OS patches installation. This however has no effect on the Mediant 8000
operation except for the fact that the SC board’s redundancy is temporarily
unavailable.
6. At the prompt, type install ~acladmin/tg_6.6.32.install os_patch and press
Enter. Replace acladmin with the name of the CLI user that you used while
transferring the Mediant 8000 package to the SC board. Replace
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