Lightwave Communications SCS3230 - Manual (Page 25)

A Lantronix Company SCS3230 System Administrator's Guide
15.00.038 - 25 - May 2002
4.2.4 LCI Update
There are four binary (.bin) files in the /lci/bin directory of the Network/Control card that may be
needed to update existing 3200 cards for use with the new Network/Control card's firmware:
- fterm.bin
- rterm.bin
- fdevice.bin
- rdevice.bin
These files are stored on the Network/Control Card in the /lci/bin directory on the card. The files
may also be downloaded from the Lightwave FTP site (ftp://ftp.lightwavecom.com). The
customer will use the lciupdate program to install these updates, however, they do not need to
transfer the binary files from an external computer to the 3200 - they should just direct
lciupdate to use the
/lci/bin path.
It is not necessary to update the Device or Terminal cards before assembling the system,
however, before the system is put into service, the cards should be updated.
To Update a Card or Cards
From the 3230 bash shell, type the following.
[If you are in the sysadmin shell on a 3230, type ‘exit’ to get to the 3230 bash shell.]
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Establish yourself as super user
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Type ‘service multidrop stop’
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Type ‘ps –ax’ and look for any processes that contain the title multdrop.
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If any multidrop processes exist, type ‘killall multidrop’. Type ps-ax and again look for
any multidrop processes. If there are any, type ‘kill –9 “the number in the farthest left
column on the same line as the process”’, do this for all multidrop processes.
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Type lsmod and look for mdser. If mdser is not present type insmod mdser.
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If you wish to change the card binary file (*.bin) stored on the SCS3230, copy the update
file (filename.bin) to the 3230 and place in the “/lci/bin” directory.
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Type ‘/lci/bin/lci_update “[card letter][processor number]” file’. Where file is the name of
the file you for the slot you are updating. For instance you would probably type
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/lci/bin/lci_update b1 fterm.bin for terminal cards (the file name may be different and b
could be b,c,d,e)
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/lci/bin/lci_update h1 fdevice.bin for device cards (the file name may be different and h
could be h,I,j,k,l,m,n,o)
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The processor number is relevant to multiprocessor cards. You will be informed if it is
anything other than one.