Using SNMP to upgrade software

You can use a third-party SNMP management application such as HP OpenView to upgrade software on a Ruckus device.

NOTE
The syntax shown in this section assumes that you have installed HP OpenView in the "/usr" directory.
NOTE
Ruckus recommends that you make a backup copy of the startup-config file before you upgrade the software. If you need to run an older release, you will need to use the backup copy of the startup-config file.
  1. Configure a read-write community string on the Ruckus device, if one is not already configured. To configure a read-write community string, enter the following command from the global configuration mode of the CLI.snmp-server community string ro | rw where string is the community string and can be up to 32 characters long.
  2. On the Ruckus device, enter the following command from the global configuration mode of the CLI.

    no snmp-server pw-check

    This command disables password checking for SNMP set requests. If a third-party SNMP management application does not add a password to the password field when it sends SNMP set requests to a Ruckus device, by default the Ruckus device rejects the request.

  3. From the command prompt in the UNIX shell, enter the following command.

    /usr/OV/bin/snmpset -c rw-community-string brcd-ip-addr 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.5.0 ipaddress tftp-ip-addr 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.6.0 octetstringascii file-name 1.3.6.1.4.1.1991.1.1.2.1.7.0 integer command-integer

    where

    rw-community-string is a read-write community string configured on the Ruckus device.

    brcd-ip-addr is the IP address of the Ruckus device.

    tftp-ip-addr is the TFTP server IP address.

    file-name is the image file name.

    command-integer is one of the following.

    20 - Download the flash code into the primary flash area.

    22 - Download the flash code into the secondary flash area.