Procedure 5-3: Display dual image status (software versions)

- Overview

The VLNC4x/VLNC6x contains up to two software loads, referred to as Image1 and Image2.

Use this procedure to display information for the version and the activation status of the current active and backup software images. It also displays any description text associated with an image as well as the switch activation status.

Refer to the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS-5) Command Line Interface Guide, for help on using CLI commands.

Step
 
1

Login to the VLNC4x/VLNC6x.


2

From the Navigation menu, select System → Dual Image Status.

Equivalent CLI command: From the Privileged EXEC prompt, enter show bootvar to show the version and status of the current active and backup images.

Result:

The Dual Image Status screen displays the Dual Image Status.

The system displays the software versions held in the Image1 and Image2 memory banks. It also shows which Image is the active Image for the boot sequence.


3

If required, click Refresh to refresh the page with the latest data. See Dual image status display.


End of steps

Dual image status display

Parameter

Description

CLI command

Image 1 Ver

The version number of Image1.

show bootvar

Image 2 Ver

The version number of Image2.

Backup

The version number of the backup copy.

Current-active

Current active image

Next-active

Next active image

Image 1 Description

The text description of Image1.

Image 2 Description

The text description of Image2.

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