Using the Equipment
1. Reboot the RX8000 either by power cycling the unit or by following the
procedure described in the above section.
2. Immediately hold the (Forward) key on the front panel whilst the RX8000
boots up.
3. Let go the of the (Forward) key once the initialization screen is displayed on
the front panel:
INITIALIZING
7.5.0 (BANK 1)
4. Confirm that the active flash bank by checking the bank number displayed in the
brackets.
5. The user can switch back to the other flash bank by repeating this whole
procedure.
3.21.2 Remote Procedures
3.21.2.1 Rebooting the RX8000 Using FTP
Any of the RX8000 variants can be rebooted using the FTP session. This can be
done at any time using a PC to remotely connect to the RX8000 device.
1. On a PC, open the command prompt and enter the following command using
the correct IP Address is of the RX8000 device that will be remotely reset:
C:\> ftp 172.17.110.9
2. Enter the username rx8000 and password rx8000:
Connected to 172.17.110.9.
220 RX8000 unit ready for user ...
User (172.17.110.9:(none)): rx8000
331 Password required for user rx8000.
Password:
230 User logged in.
ftp>
3. Now send the command that will reboot the RX8000 device. The FTP
connection to the RX8000 will be lost.
ftp> quote site reset
3.21.2.2 3.21.1.2 Swapping Between Flash Banks Using FTP
The main software version that executes on the RX8000 can be downloaded to and
run from one of two flash banks. The current flash bank can be determined during
the FTP session:
1. On a PC, open the command prompt and enter the following command using
the correct IP Address is of the RX8000 device that will be remotely reset: