By now, you may be asking yourself the following question. How can I put my terminal server parameter file onto a Series 2 Flash card while the server is running a software revision that doesn’t support the Series 2 Flash ? This paper may be just what you are looking for.

Industry demand forced the implementation of the Series 2 Flash cards much quicker than expected. NBase-Xyplex supports the new Series 2 Flash cards in the access server code with a revision of V6.0.1 and higher. An end result for some System Administrators, is the dilemma when trying to copy their current parameter file from a Series 1 Flash to a Series 2 while the server’s runtime code does not support the new Flash card. The solution is to get the access server to load the newer code first.

There is a solution.

First a word of caution. To run the software revision 6.0.1 or higher will, in most cases, requires that the server have 3 or 4 meg of installed RAM memory on the server’s motherboard. To get this information execute the following command:

Xyplex>>show server alternate status

Look about 5 lines down, from the top left, for the following line: Installed Memory: 4194304

Once it is determined that your server has enough memory, get the current version of software from the Latest Engineering Software Specials For Existing Base Releases from the NBase-Xyplex WEB Page.

Copy/Move the load image to the tftp home directory of your local PC or a UNIX station. It is required that tftp is running on the PC or UNIX workstation before moving on.

Solution:

With the Series 1 Flash inserted in the Terminal Server, enter the command:

Xyplex>> get card load file

This command will put the new image in the same area as the original.

Enter the following command to verify that the new image and version are on the flash card.

Xyplex>> list manager files

Reboot by entering the following command using:

Xyplex>> Init delay 0.

The Terminal server will reboot and come up on the new software revision and should retain the parameters that were originally in place. It is possible that the server can lose its parameter and a re-configure would be in order. Should the server come on line with the original parameters, it is advised that you define some parameters to verify that the parameter file is updated with the new load software. Once the server is running the new code and the parameter file is current, you can now copy the parameter file between the Series 1 to Series 2 two Flash cards.

At this point, it is possible that the latest software revision you downloaded from the web page will have an S extension, i.e. V6.0.3 S4. Should this be the case and the revision of the image on the New Flash card is at 6.0.3, it is suggested that you enter the command Get Card Load File to get the new image file with the S extension on the Series 2 card as well. It is really important that all like Flash cards be at the same revision of software to prevent downgrading of code on reboots.

An additional note: Should you have another terminal server on your LAN that is running a software revision V6.0.1 or higher, you can enter the command Get Card Load File, as listed above and target the Ethernet address of that second terminal server. This would upgrade the current flash card with the other server’s image and then reboot as discussed above also.