Configuration and management
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4.6
New firmware with Hirschmann FirmSafe
BAT54-Rail/F..
Release
7.54
06/08
D In contrast to the first option, the device will wait for the adjusted firm-
safe timeout (using WEBconfig in the menu Expert Configuration
Firmware
Timeout-firmsafe, using Telnet adjust with 'Firmware/
Timeout-firmsafe') until it is logged on over Telnet, a terminal program
or WEBconfig. Only if this login attempt is successful does the new
firmware remain active permanently.
D If the device no longer responds or it is impossible to log in, it automat-
ically loads the previous firmware version and reboots the device with
it.
D 'Manual': With the third option you can define a time period during which
you want to test the new firmware yourself. The device will start with the
new firmware and wait for the preset period until the loaded firmware is
manually activated and therefore becomes permanently effective. Acti-
vate the new firmware using LANconfig with Device
Firmware Man-
agement
Activate Firmware running in Test Mode, using Telnet
under 'firmware/firmsafe table' with the command 'set # active' (# is the
position of the firmware in the firmsafe table). Using WEBconfig you can
find the firmsafe table under Expert Configuration
Firmware.
The modus for the firmware upload can be adjusted using WEBconfig in the
menu Expert Configuration
Firmware Mode-firmsafe, using Telnet
under 'firmware/timeout firmsafe'. Using LANconfig select the modus when
selecting the new firmware file.
Note: LIt is only possible to upload a second firmware, if the device has
enough memory for two firmware versions. Current firmware versions (in
occasion with additional software options) may use up more than half of
the available memory. In this case the configuration software notifies a
conflict and recommends the use of the “converter”.
This converter can be downloaded free of charge from the Hirschmann
website. With the converter the memory in the BAT is divided into a
larger area for the new firmware version and a smaller area for the exist-
ing version.
While uploading the new firmware a minimal version of the previous firm-
ware is loaded into the smaller memory area. This version is used as a
safety copy with the following restrictions:
D The minimal version of the firmware only partly provides the LCOS
functions to restore the previous state or to load another firmware. In-
ternet access is possible with this version.
D A BAT with an active minimal firmware can only be addressed over the
LAN, the WLAN or the outband interface. The remote configuration is
not possible, not even over ISDN.
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