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ExpressBoot SOP
Revision 1.1

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1. Revision History
Date

Release

Author

Description

2007/04/11

1.1

Eureca Zhuo

Enhance and add test plan

2007/04/02

1.0

Celan Liu

File Created

2. Introduction
This document is intended to guide branch office how to make use of ExpressBoot
tool to rework devices. Please always follow the guideline below and never spread
the tool to end users.

3. Topology

4. ExpressBoot Utility
All ExpressBoot utilities are only for branch office to rework device and one-off.
Please keep it secret and never spread it to end users and you have to ask for new
utility every time you want to do different upgrade. The utility tool naming rule is:
ExpressBoot_340ABC0D0_340CDE1D0_V01.exe
Here, 340ABC0D0 means original firmware version in device, while 340CDE1D0
means target firmware version. V01 is the version control of utility.
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5. Upgrade Process:
Please always follow the steps below.
Step 1: Connect a PC to Ethernet switch and configure static IP setting for the PC
(For example, IP is 192.168.1.33 and subnet is 255.255.255.0). The purpose of static
IP setting is to guarantee the PC can stably send packets.
Step 2: Doubly click the specific ExpressBoot utility received from WX RD center,
then click Start button to send the packets containing the content of firmware. If the
utility successfully run, you can see the packets counter is increasing. Please keep the
utility run until you finish the rework of all devices.

Step 3: Connect the device to switch, then power on the device and the firmware
upgrade will be accomplished automatically. The device will automatically receive
firmware from Ethernet network, then erase flash to upgrade firmware. The SYS LED
indicates the progress. When receive firmware and erase flash, the SYS LED blinks in
a low frequency (1 time per second) and NEVER power off device during the
process. When the upgrade is finished, the SYS LED blinks in a high frequency (25
times per second). If fails, the SYS LED is off.
Step 4: When the upgrade is finished (SYS LED blinks in a high frequecny), just
power off the device and disconnect from switch and connect another device to
switch.
Step 5: Please check the items in section 6 Test Plan to make sure the firmware
upgrade is successfully finished.

6. Test Plan
After firmware upgrade, it is better to doubly check the items below to make sure the
firmware is successfully upgraded. In order to save the cost of rework, it is supposed
that branch office will not open the housing and just telnet to device to issue sys
atsh command to doubly check items below.
Items
Comment
RAS Version
Should be same as release note
romRasSize
Should be same as release note
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bootbase version
Product Model
RomFile Version
RomFile Checksum
RAS F/W Checksum
MAC Address
Default Country Code
Boot Module Debug Flag
NVS file

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Should be same as release note

Should be same as release note
Should be same as release note
Should be same as release note
Should be same as release note
Should be same as the one before upgrade
Should be same as the one before upgrade unless JRF
state it should be changed to another value.
Should be the value of 00
NVS file should not be erased. Only WLAN model.

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