Update and restart your Adtran Netvanta 1224STR

Updating the firmware on an Adtran Netvanta 1224STR PoE switch can seem like a daunting task if you haven’t done it before. Following these steps will help guide you through the process.

** NOTE ** If you are using the Enhanced Feature Pack, you will need an Adtran account with a valid purchase to validate the Enhanced Feature Pack download.

To complete this tutorial, you will need the following:

  • A computer that has a network connection and an available COM port. If no COM port is available, it can be substituted with a USB-to-COM port adapter.
  • A network switch with at least 1 free port is preferred for the Netvanta router, but a crossover cable can also be used.
  • A program that you can use to console yourself on the router.
  • A TFTP server solution for your computer. You will use it to transfer the firmware to the router.
  • An Adtran serial cable This is a requirement to gain access to the router.

The first thing to do is download the latest firmware from Adtran. Firmware updates are available on its website. Once you’ve downloaded the firmware, you’ll want to install PuTTY and Solarwinds TFTP if you haven’t already. Move the firmware you have downloaded to the TFTP-Root folder located on your computer’s C: Drive. Make sure Solarwinds TFTP is running.

Connect the serial cable from your computer’s COM port to the console port of the Adtran router. You’ll want to run an RJ45 Cat5 (Ethernet) cable from your router’s Eth 0/1 port to your network switch. Go ahead and take this time to find out the IP address of your computer as well. You will need it in a few minutes. An easy way to do this is to run the IPconfig command from the Windows command prompt. In our case, the computer has IP 192.168.1.133.

Go ahead and start PuTTY. Select a serial connection type with a baud rate of 9600. Press connect. You will want to do this before starting the router as you only have a few seconds to enter bootstrap when you first start the router.

Now plug in the router and press escape. It will load it in bootstrap mode. From here you can start making changes to the switch. The first commands you will want to run are the following:

bootstrap #clear file system

This will erase all files from the file system. Continue? [y or n]and

Clearing the file system. This may take several minutes …

This will erase the old netvanta firmware. Don’t do this if you have a configuration on the router that you need! Once this is done, we can start transferring a new version of the firmware to the router. Use the following commands to transfer the firmware:

bootstrap #IP address 192.168.1.54

bootstrap #copy flash tftp

Remote host address? 192.168.1.133

Source file name? N1224RA-13-15-00.biz

Destination file name? [N1224RA-13-15-00.biz] **Press Enter **

Initiating TFTP transfer …

Received 13711081 bytes.

Complete transfer.

Here we specify the IP address of the router as 192.168.1.54. You can change this to what suits your needs. We tell the router to copy a file to flash memory using TFTP. The remote host address is our PC with the firmware installed. The source file name is the name of the firmware you downloaded. copy and paste this with the file extension .biz. You can then start the transfer.

The following command is:

bootstrap #boot system flash N1224RA-13-15-00.biz

Main image: NONVOL: /N1224RA-13-15-00.biz

Backup Image: None

bootstrap #boot

This will save the firmware on your router and allow the router to boot from it. Once your router has rebooted, you are done!

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