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5. ClickSendToParagon.

6. ClickYes.Thentheutilitystartstoupgradetheselecteddevice.Ifthe

deviceisaMainUnit,theMainUnitandeveryStackingUnit(ifany)

connectedtoitareupgradedatonetime.

FormoredetailsoftheParagonUpdateutility,seeParag

onManager

UserGuide,whichisavailableonthe“UserManuals&QuickSetup

Guides”CDoronRaritanʹsProductDocumentationwebpage

(http://www.raritan.com/support/productdocument

ation).

Note:Usuallythe.hexfileforupdatingthefirmwareofboththeMain

andStackingUnitsistheonewhosenameis“P2‐xxx”(xxxrepresentsthe

version)unlessyouareupdatingtheseunitsforobtainingfailsafe

upgradefeatureoritisanupdatefailurecasefortheStackingUnit.Ifso,

seelatersectionsinthischapterfortheappropriate.hexfile.

Failsafe Upgrade Feature

Inthepast,wheneverafirmwareupdatefailureoccurredontheParagon

IIMainUnit,StackingUnitoraP2‐USTuserstation,areturntoRaritanis

requiredforfunctionrestoration.NowRaritanprovidestheFAILSAFE

upgradecapability,whichenablesyoutorestoreitsfunctionbackto

normalbyyourselfwhenanyupd

atefailureoccurs.

The versions of firmware and/or boot loader required for

different devices to support the failsafe upgrade feature

Device Required version

MainUnit

Firmwareversion:Anyversionafter3B0K

Bootloaderversion:0C4orlater

StackingUnit

MainUnitʹsfirmwareversion:3E5orlater

StackingUnitʹsbootloaderversion:0C5orlater

P2‐EUSTorP2‐EUST/Cuserstation

Firmwareversion:Anyversion

P2‐USTuserstation

Firmwareversion:1F9orlater

Note:Bootloaderisdisplayedas“F/WLoader”ontheFrontPanelLCD

display.

Theabove‐mentioneddevicesinParagonIIversion4.2orlaterare

alreadyimplementedwiththefailsafeupgradefeature.Ifyourdevices

belongtoearlierversions,youcanupgradethemwiththeappropriate

ParagonUpdateutility(version2.4.1orlater).Seesubsequentsectionsfor

howtoupgradedifferentdevicesforfailsafeupgr

adefeature.