Method to Upgrade VRP in CLI FTP Mode on AR28、AR46 Series Routers

Method to Upgrade VRP in CLI FTP Mode on AR28、AR46 Series Routers

Two modes are available: one is that the router serves as FTP server and the other is that the router serves as FTP client.

Upgrade method when the router serves as the FTP server is introduced as follows.

 

Step 1: Configure the FTP account on the router and enable the FTP server service.

Current router prompt view	Configuration commands to be entered in turn with importance ones highlighted in red	Brief description
[Quidway]	ftp server enable	Enable the FTP server
[Quidway]	local-user aaa password simple aaa	Configure the local account aaa/aaa
[Quidway]	local-user aaa service-type ftp	Configure the service type of aaa to FTP
[Quidway]	interface Ethernet 0/0
[Quidway-Ethernet0/0]	ip address 1.1.1.1 8	Configure the interface address

 

Step 2: FTP to the router from the PC to upload the version.

Procedure:

1.      Select Start > Run in Windows and input cmd   to open the DOS command prompt window.

2.      Switch the current path to the directory where the version file is located.

3.      ftp 1.1.1.1 (here, 1.1.1.1 is the IP address of the router), FTP to the router.

       Input the user name aaa    and input the password aaa

4.      get vrpcfg.cfg      /Download the configuration file for backup/

5.      bin                    /Change the transmission mode to binary/

6.      hash                  /Show the transmission progress/

7.      put AR28-VRP340-R0006-907-128-a.bin 340-0006.bin     

/*****Source file name                       Destination file name *******/

        Other commands:

       get                        //Download the version file from the router to the PC and save it in the directory displayed by lcd.

       put  vrpcfg.cfg      //Upload the configuration file.

 

8.      In the case of accidental interruption in the transmission, do not reboot the router. Here, you need to add an FTP user and repeat the operation from step 1.

9.      After the version is uploaded, the router will write the version to FLASH.

Ftp server is currently writing to flash , please wait...

\

Ftp server writing to flash is done.

Operation procedure: 

 

                                      FTP upgrade procedure 

 

                                    FTP upgrade completion

 

Step 3: Set version for the next boot and reboot the system.

View files in the Flash and confirm the version is correctly uploaded.

<Quidway>dir

Directory of flash:/

 

   0   -rw-   8695296  Dec 21 2004 11:29:19   main.bin

   1   -rw-   8695261  Dec 24 2004 10:09:56   340-0006.bin

   2   -rw-   5746199  Dec 22 2004 14:47:37   330-0008.bin

 

Set the version for the next boot.

[Quidway]boot main 340-0006.bin

Set main boot file successfully!

 

Reboot the system.

<Quidway>reboot

 This command will reboot the system. Since the current configuration may have changed, all changes may be lost if you continue. Continue? [Y/N] y

 

[Verification]

After the system reboots, you need to view the version and confirm the version is upgraded successfully.

  Starting at 0x1c00000...

      ********************************************

      *                                          *

      *  Quidway Series Routers Boot ROM, V9.07  *

      *                                          *

      ********************************************

 

  Copyright(C) 1997-2004 by HUAWEI TECH CO., LTD.

  Compiled at 18:10:29 , Oct 14 2004.

 

   Testing memory...OK!

   128M    bytes  SDRAM

   32768k  bytes  flash memory

   Hardware Version is MTR 1.0

   CPLD Version is CPLD 1.0

 

  Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu

The current starting file is main application file--flash:/340-0006.bin!

The main application file is self-decompressing......................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................OK!

 

  System is starting...

  Starting at 0x10000...

  User interface Con 0 is available.

  Press ENTER to get started.

 

<Quidway>disp ver

 Copyright Notice:

 All rights reserved (Dec 10 2004).

 Without the owner's prior written consent, no decompiling

 nor reverse-engineering shall be allowed.

 Huawei-3Com Versatile Routing Platform Software

 VRP(R) software, Version 3.40, Release 0006

 Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Hangzhou Huawei-3Com Tech. Co.,Ltd. All rights reserved.

 Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Huawei Tech. Co.,Ltd. All rights reserved.

 Quidway AR28-31 uptime is 0 week, 0 day, 0 hour, 0 minute

 

 CPU type: PowerPC 8245 300MHz

 128M bytes SDRAM Memory

 32M bytes Flash Memory

 128K bytes NvRAM Memory

 Pcb      Version:1.0

 Logic    Version:1.0

 BootROM  Version:9.07

  [SLOT 0] 2FE      (Hardware)2.1, (Driver)2.0, (Cpld)0.0

  [SLOT 1] 2SA      (Hardware)1.1, (Driver)1.5, (Cpld)0.0