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Scope
This document describes firmware upgrade procedure for Alvarions WBSn family of WiFi base-stations,
using the internal web management tool (EMS).
Prior to upgrading, it is recommended to backup your base station configuration (refer to the relevant
section in the User Manual document).
Note: In order to perform a successful upgrade session it is recommended to perform the upgrade at a
time when the system is not fully utilized (e.g. at late night hours when traffic is low). This will ensure
minimal interference with customer traffic and flawless firmware download performance.
Prerequisites
It is immanent that the user performing the upgrade/downgrade procedure is familiar with Alvarions
WBSn-2400/2450 family of base stations prior to reading and implementing the instructions in this
document.
Information of the system and its operation is found in the updated manuals of the version.
As this document refers to these manuals it is highly recommended that the installer shall have the
mentioned manuals at hand when performing the upgrade/downgrade procedure.
Tools and data required for upgrade:
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3.1.1
2. In the Upgrade Protocol field, select FTP from the drop-down list. The FTP Server IP field is
automatically populated by the information specified in Configuring an FTP Client.
3. In the Upgrade File Path (FTP) field, specify the path to the firmware file provided to you
separately by Alvarion.
Note: The Upgrade File (HTTP) field is disabled.
4. Click Upgrade. A notification message is displayed, informing you of the expected time that it will
take for the upgrade to be performed.
5. A progress bar will be displayed to show the advancement of the upgrade process
6. When the firmware upgrade is finished, a red Status: Success indication will be displayed and a
pop-up saying FW upgrade process finished successfully will come up. Without getting these
indications one should not proceed to the next step (switching FW banks).
After this, proceed to Switching to the Upgraded Firmware Version.
Server IP
Anonymous Login
FTP User
FTP Password
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Note: When performing a firmware upgrade using FTP protocol, the FTP Server address is
displayed in the Firmware screen. Any change made to the server address in that screen, is
automatically reflected in the FTP Client screen, and vice versa. For more information, see the
section entitled Firmware.
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2. In the Upgrade Protocol field, select HTTP from the drop-down list. The FTP Server IP field is
automatically disabled.
3. In the Upgrade File (HTTP) field, click Browse, and navigate to the path where the firmware
file, provided to you separately by Alvarion, was saved.
Note: The Upgrade File Path (FTP) field is disabled.
4. Click Upgrade. A progress bar is displayed, showing you the percentage of upgrade progress in
real time.
5. A progress bar will be displayed to show the advancement of the upgrade process
6. When the firmware upgrade is finished, a red Status: Success indication will be displayed and a
pop-up saying FW upgrade process finished successfully will come up. Without getting these
indications one should not proceed to the next step (switching FW banks).
Proceed directly to Switching to the Upgraded Firmware Version.
3.2
Main Firmware
Shadow Firmware
Indicates the name of the new or the previously loaded version of the
firmware
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1. Once the new upgrade version of the firmware has been uploaded to the Shadow Firmware
bank, click Switch. This enables you to switch over to the newly uploaded version.
2. The system performs a reboot, and when it powers up, does so using the new version of the
firmware.
Note: while the system reboots to switch to another FW bank, its recommended to check
connectivity with the system by running a constant ping (-t option) to systems IP address, in
order to know when the switching process is finished. In any case, switching operation should not
exceed 2 minutes.
3. If at this stage you wish to revert back to the previous version of the software, its highly
recommended to do it by pressing Rollback button, and not by clicking Switch again in any case.
For proper rolling-back to previous FW version please refer to Using the Rollback Procedure
section.
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3.4
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This configuration file may contain new features that could modify current configurations. Also, even
if no new features were included in the upgrade, but new configurations were specified by the user, a
newer version of the configuration file is created.
If you wish to revert back to the previous firmware and the previous configuration file, you need to
perform a Rollback procedure.
3. Click Yes to reboot your system, and rollback to the previous firmware and configuration file.
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Issue 3: FW Upgrade success indication appears too quickly (when progress bar only reaches
6-7%)
Solution: this issue is expected to happen when upgrading to some specific revisions of version
1.3.1.x. The recommendation here is to use a newer version to upgrade to (1.3.2.x).
Issue 5: FTP/HTTP Upgrade from an older version to version 1.3.2.rev14 may result in failure
(Status: Fail indication in EMS), although upgrade actually succeeded
Solution: Despite the failure indication, the new firmware version is supposed to appear in the
Shadow Firmware EMS field (Status => System => Software Versions page). If so, one should
ignore the failure message and proceed to the firmware switch operation.
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