Specifications

Firmware Discovery
Inventory Manager provides convenient and powerful tools for managing firmware and boot PROM images
on your network devices. To take advantage of these tools, you must store your images in a specified
firmware directory, and perform a firmware discovery that will automatically display your images in the
left−panel Firmware Mgmt tab.
NOTE: If you are using an alternate firmware download server to perform remote downloads,
you will need to manually create the firmware records associated with the alternate
server (as opposed to having them automatically discovered during a firmware
discovery.) Refer to How to Set Up Alternate Firmware Download Servers for more
information.
For information on obtaining Enterasys Networks firmware, contact your Enterasys representative, or access
the Enterasys Networks firmware download library at: http://www.enterasys.com/download/ or
from the Download icon in the Firmware Mgmt tab's Details View. (A browser is required to view the
website and Solaris users must add the browser's path to their PATH environment variable.) If you download
a firmware image that is contained in a .zip file, you must unzip the file before placing it into the firmware
directory.
Instructions on:
Discovering Your Firmware•
Adding New Firmware Images•
Discovering Your Firmware
Inventory Manager uses the default tftpboot\firmware\images directory for storing your firmware. If you are
using an different firmware directory, you must specify that directory in the TFTP Transfer Settings view
and/or the FTP Transfer Settings view of the Options window. (For more information, see either TFTP Server
Setup or FTP Server Setup.)
NOTE: The maximum size allowed for a firmware image filename is 128 characters. The
maximum size for the path to where the image is stored is 512 characters. Firmware
images that exceed these maximums will not be discovered.
Place your firmware and boot PROM images in your firmware directory.1.
In the left−panel Firmware Mgmt tab, select View > Refresh from the menu bar. (You can also use
the Refresh icon in the right−panel Details Views.)
2.
Inventory Manager automatically displays your firmware under pre−defined firmware groups in the left−panel
Firmware Mgmt tree. You can assign firmware to multiple firmware groups to facilitate your firmware
management according to your network needs. For more information see How to Assign Firmware.
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