Method for managing wire clip software of communication equipment

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for managing wire clip software of communication equipment, which comprises the following steps: A) configuring starting / upgrading software packages for various wire clips having different slot positions on a management plate; B) using the management plate as a network storage server and configuring and starting a network storage service; and C) using the wire clips as network storage clients and automatically loading the corresponding software packages in the management plate when the various wire clips having different slot positions are electrified and initialized; or loading the corresponding software packages in the management plate by performing a command sent by the management plate for upgrading the wire clip software. By using the method provided by the invention, the size limitation of wire clip storage medium is overcome, the various wire clip software having different slot positions can be automatically upgraded, the uniform management on the wire clip software is realized, and the efficiency of managing the wire clip software in the communication equipment is increased.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the communication field, in particular to a line card software management method of communication equipment. Background technique [0002] In order to better meet user needs and further self-improvement, communication equipment often needs to continuously add functions or solve its own defects. Whenever new functions are added or some defects are solved, the software of the line card needs to be updated. upgrade or maintenance. An officially released software package of a line card in a communication device usually includes application software, drivers, configuration files, script files, etc. of all line cards in the system. Therefore, in the process of upgrading or maintaining the software of the entire system, large-scale data transmission and file operations are inevitable. In the existing communication system technology, the software of each line card is usually stored in a respective memory chip FLASH. When the line ca...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] (1) The storage medium FLASH of the line card generally has limited capacity. In addition to storing the startup code, kernel image and the minimum root file system, the space left for the business software of the line card is limited. When the software package to be upgraded exceeds the remaining space of the FLASH When there is no space, the business functions of the line card cannot be completed

[0005] (2) The software of different line cards is stored in the FLASH of each line card, which is not convenient for version upgrade or maintenance of the software of the whole system

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