RTM-ATCA-SXXX Overview
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4. The ATCA blade will break into the U-boot console.
5. Establish a serial connection, login into the blade as root (see section 3.2)
6. Use printenv to lis
t the environment variables. Assign a serverip address to
match the tftp server address in the next step , for example: setenv serverip
192.168.xxx.xxx
7. Install a second host machine on the same IP network as the ATCA-S201. Its IP
address must match the serverip address listed in the previous step.
8. Load the second host machine with TFTP server software. A good quality tftp
program is offered by PumpKIN, an open source and free implementation that
is written to RFC1350.
9. If necessary create a directory on the secondary host machine named /tftpboot/
10. Place the new blade firmware image(s) for the primary flash device in
/tftpboot/
11. When all pieces are in place, go to U-boot console and type: run ramboot
12. Watch U-boot console, and wait for output message: “Primary flash successfully
restored”
13. Remove the ATCA carrier the chassis
14. Locate header JP1, and move the jumper to the normal setting.
15. Re-install the ATCA blade into the chassis and allow it to reboot normally.
9.4.3 Clear root password
For security purposes, administrators are encouraged to change factory default
passwords to protect unauthorized access and configuration of the storage blades
resources. The method described in this section explains a procedure to clear the
blades root password to factory default. None of the other user account passwords
are cleared.
root password reset procedure (method 1)
This procedure is useful when the user has no access to the RTM serial console port.
1. Remove the ATCA carrier the chassis (see 2.9, Removing the ATCA carrier
blade)
2. Locat
e header JP2, and move the jumper to the service setting.
3. Re-install the ATCA blade into the chassis and allow it to reboot.
4. Inspect the LED’s on the front panel. When the ATCA Health status begins
blinking green, the password reset has occurred.
5. Power down the blade and again remove it from the chassis.
6. Locate header JP2, and move the jumper to the normal setting.
7. Re-install the ATCA blade into the chassis and allow it to reboot.
