Firmware Update and Images
Learn how to update device
firmware and use the firmware images.
Use the Firmware
dashboard to update your device firmware version, obtain an image and its
configuration.
Firmware Update
Go to to view update details. You can add a new firmware update and view
any past updates. Obtain device firmware update information such as timestamp, mac
address, hostname, upgraded by mac address or hostname, upgrade result, number of
retries, and upgrade error information.
- Select Update to configure firmware update
schedule.
- Configure the following information:
- Update - Select
Self and provide FTP address path or file name. Use
self update to periodically update the firmware automatically. This
option is not selected by default.
Note
Reload the system
to activate self update.
- Select All to update firmware on devices and
sites.
- Select Device Type to update the firmware for
a specific device.
- Select Site to update firmware for a
site.
- Select Force to force update a firmware.
- Select Immediate to update the firmware at the
current time. For future update, clear Immediate
schedule selection and select a date and time.
- Configure reboot schedule:
- Automatic - this option reboots the system immediately.
- Staggered - select
this option to reboot the system at a future time.
- Select Update to save firmware update schedule.
Firmware Images
Go to to obtain firmware image details. Customize dashboard view using
controller mac address or hostname, device type, and version columns.
For image details, select Load Image and select device type
from the device drop-down.
To add a new firmware image:
- Select
.The
Add Firmware Image dashboard opens.
- Configure the following settings:
| Device Type |
Select a device type from the drop-down list
box |
| Path/File |
Provide an image path |
| Site |
Select a site from the list of available
sites |
| Device |
Select a device from the site |
- Select Add to update firmware image settings.
