5-2 Prerequisites
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5.1 Prerequisites
BeforestartingtheprocedurestoinstalltheHN4000systemsoftware,thefollowingstepsmust
havebeencompleted:
❒ HN4000installedasdescribedinChapter2
❒ powerandnetworkcablesinstalledasdescribedinChapter4
❒ HN4000poweredupandallLEDsinthe“ready”stateasdescribedinChapter2
❒ HN4000systemsoftwareloadedonanFTPserverthatisonanetworkthatcanbeaccessed
fromtheHN4000
❒ optionally,accesstoaDHCPserver
5.2 Loading System Software using DHCP
ThegeneralstepsforusingtheDHCPoption,describedinthefollowingsections,areto:
❒ connectnetworkcablingfromaDHCPservertotheHN400010/100managementport
❒ connectaconsolemaintenanceterminaltotheHN4000craftport
❒ usetheCLItoenableDHCPontheHN400010/100managementport
❒ initiatethesoftwaredownloadprocesswiththecopyswImagecommand
❒ verifythatthesystemsoftwarehasbeendownloaded
The following steps assume that Network Operations Center (NOC) personnel will configure the
DHCP server and load the HN4000 system software onto an FTP server. Those steps are sum-
marized in the section ”Setting up FTP and DHCP Servers (For Network
Administrators)” on page 5-9.