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ToincorporatethenewestParagonIIfeatures,youcanupgradeParagon
IIMainUnits,StackingUnits,userstationsandP2‐HubPacwiththelatest
firmwareonRaritan’swebsite.Upgradescanbedoneviathenetworkor
theRS‐232connection.
Readthefollowingsectionsifthedeviceyouwanttoupgradeisa
Par
agonMainUnit,StackingUnitoruserstation.Ifthedeviceis
P2‐HubPac,seeP2‐HubPacUpgradeOperation(onpage163)inthi
s
chapterfortheupgradeprocedure.
In This Chapter
GeneralUpdateProcedure...........................................................................153
FailsafeUp
gradeFeature..............................................................................156
P2‐Hub
PacUpgradeOperation...................................................................163
General Update Procedure
ProceduresforfirmwareupgradeoftheParagonIIMainUnit,Stacking
Unit,anduserstations(P2‐UST,P2‐EUSTorP2‐EUST/C)allincludethese
majorsteps.
STEP1:Downloadthelatestfirmwareandreleasenotes
STEP2:EstablishaconnectionbetweenthedeviceandthePC
runningParagonUpdate
STEP3:(Opt
ional)Verifythestacking‐relatedconfiguration
STEP4:LaunchtheParagonUpdateutility
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STEP 1: Download the latest firmware and release notes
1. UseyourbrowsertovisitRaritanʹsFirmwareUpgradeswebpage
(http://www.raritan.com/support/firmw
areupgrades).
2. ClickParagonIItolocatethelatestfirmwareversionforthedevice
youwanttoupgrade.
3. Clickthatfirmware.
4. ClickSTARTDOWNLOAD.
5. ClickSaveandspecifythelocationtosavethefile.
6. Afterthedownloadcompletes,unzipthedownloadedfile.The
extractedfilesincludethenewestPa
ragonUpdateutility,.hexfiles,
andsoon.The.hexfileisafirmwarefile.
Chapter 8
Firmware Upgrade