Patent ID: 8495616

Claim:
A method for updating an Integrated Access Device (IAD) in a communication system, the method comprising: configuring, on the IAD, server information from an IAD Management System (IADMS) that is externally connected to the IAD; receiving, by the IAD, a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) backup configuration data command from the IADMS; backing up, by the IAD, configuration data of the IAD to a specified server that is externally connected to the IAD and that corresponds to the server information according to the SNMP backup configuration data command from the IADMS; receiving, by the IAD, an SNMP update command from the IADMS, wherein the SNMP update command comprises updated server address information and updated files name information; downloading, by the IAD, updated files from a server according to the updated server address information in the SNMP update command; loading the updated files to the IAD; receiving, by the IAD, an SNMP recovery configuration data command from the IADMS, wherein the SNMP recovery configuration data command comprises server address information and configuration data files name information; and recovering the configuration data backed up on the specified server to the IAD according to the server address information and the configuration data files name information in the SNMP recovery configuration data command from the IADMS.