User's Guide

Updating the PROM Code in a 2210

You can use Deployment Manager to update just the PROM code (boot and diagnostic code) that is currently loaded in a 2210 to a new version and release level. Before updating to a more recent PROM level, however, the PROM image for that level must be stored in the NwDM database.

Uploading a PROM Image into the NwDM Database

Follow these steps to load a PROM image into the NwDM database:

1. From the navigation tree, click PROM Images from the 2210 folder to display the PROM Images task panel.
2. In the Filter pane, click Apply Filter to display all PROM Images available to Deployment Manager in the Filtered List pane. Information about these images was added to the NwDM database when software inventory was updated. See Updating the Software Inventory for information on updating software inventory.

   Notice that the length of the PROM images is 0. This means that a copy of the PROM image does not currently exist in the NwDM database. Before you can update a 2210 device with a new PROM image, the new image must have been previously imported into the database.

3. Assume the PROM image you want to upload is version 2.40. Click prom_2.40 in the Filtered List pane to select it.
4. Click Process Selected... to display the Filtered List pop-up menu.
5. Click Import Selected PROM Image files... to import the PROM image into the NwDM database. The Import 2210 PROM Images dialog, consisting of several tabs, is displayed. For more information about the importing PROM images, see 2210 PROM Images.
6. Use the Method tab to specify how the PROM image is accessed. Click Use specified download URL and then click Next.
7. Use the Download URL tab to specify the URL where the PROM image is located. Click IBM-North America and then click Next.
8. Use the FTP tab to specify how to access the URL. Because you selected IBM-North America in the Download URL tab, defaults for FTP host and user ID are displayed. If you require the use of a socks server, click Use socks server and fill in the server host name and port. Enter your e-mail address for the password and then click Next.
9. Use the Results tab to start the import process and view the status. Click Import. The Messages box displays information about the import process.
10. When the import process is complete, click Apply Filter from the Filter pane to refresh the list of PROM images. Notice that the PROM image you just imported now has a length other than 0.

Loading the PROM Image into the 2210

After uploading the PROM image into the NwDM database, you can update a 2210 device to use that PROM image. Follow these steps to update the PROM image in a 2210:

1. From the navigation tree, click Configurations from the 2210 folder to display the Process Configs task panel.
2. Assume that the 2210 device for which you want to update the PROM level is currently using PROM level 2.37 and you want to update the PROM level to 2.40. Scroll down the Filter list until you see the PROM Level property.
3. Click in the empty cell to edit it and type prom_2.37.

4. Click Apply Filter to display in the Filtered List all devices that have a PROM level of 2.37.
5. Click a 2210 device in the Filtered List to select the device. You could also choose to update the PROM level for more than one device displayed in the Filtered List. To select multiple devices, press the Ctrl key while clicking the devices. Clicking Select All will select all of the devices in the Filtered List.

   Note:

   PROM Level updates can only be performed on 2210 devices that have an Active configuration (Active is displayed in the Version Status field).

6. Click Process Selected to display the pop-up menu and click Update PROM Level on selected... to display the Update 2210 PROM Levels dialog.
7. Click PROM Level to specify the PROM level.
8. Click Select PROM... to display the Select 2210 PROM Image dialog.
9. From the Select 2210 PROM Image dialog, click the empty cell for Name and enter prom_2.40.
10. Click Apply Filter to display the PROM in the Filtered List.
11. From the Filtered List, click the PROM to select it and then click Apply.
12. From the Update 2210 PROM Level dialog, click Start now, which will start the Update 2210 PROM Level task when you click Submit.

    Note:

    Typically, you will want to click Schedule job and choose a start time for the job that is during a slow period (such as early in the morning). Updating the PROM level will force the 2210 device to automatically be restarted.

13. Click the Erase IBD pull down. The Erase IBD controls the disposition of PROM Images that are currently stored in the IBD.
14. Click Erase Inactive if needed to erase Inactive PROM images from the IBD only if there is not enough space in the IBD to store this PROM image.
15. Click Submit to begin the Update PROM Image task.