Specifications

Firmware Server window opens where you can edit certain server properties.
To remove a server, select a server and click Remove Server.5.
Click OK to set options and close the window. Click Apply to set options and leave the window
open.
6.
After you have configured your alternate servers, you must create and assign firmware records, and associate
them with the alternate servers. See the instructions below for more information.
Creating and Assigning Firmware Records
Before you can use an alternate firmware server to perform remote firmware downloads, you need to create
the firmware records associated with the alternate server and add them to the Inventory Manager database.
Use the Create Firmware Record window to create the new firmware entries and associate them with your
configured alternate servers.
When you create a firmware record, it is added to the Unknown folder and the All Firmware folder in the
Firmware Mgmt tab. You will need to use the Assign Firmware window to assign the record (firmware image)
to one or more product families or device types. After assigning the firmware,
you must configure your remote devices to use the alternate server when performing download operations (see
Setting the Firmware Server below) in order to see these images listed in the Firmware Upgrade Wizard. This
enables you to download the image to your remote network devices of that family or type, using the Firmware
Upgrade Wizard or the Boot PROM Upgrade Wizard.
Select the All Firmware folder in the left−panel Firmware Mgmt tab and select Tools > Create
Firmware Record, or right−click the All Firmware folder and select Create Firmware Record from
the menu. (You must have a configured alternate firmware server for this menu option to be
available.) The Create Firmware Record window opens.
1.
Use the radio buttons at the top of the window to specify whether the image is a firmware or boot
PROM image.
2.
In the Image file name field, enter the name of the firmware or boot PROM image as it appears in the
image directory.
3.
In the Image directory path field, enter the path to the location where the image is stored.4.
The table at the bottom of the window lists your configured alternate firmware download servers.
Select the appropriate server for the firmware record: the image directory path must exist under the
server root path. If you select multiple servers, be sure that the same image type, file name, and
directory path are used on all selected servers. Individual firmware records will be created for each
selected server.
5.
Click OK to create the firmware record and close the window. Click Apply to create the record and
leave the window open, allowing you to create more firmware records. The firmware records are
added to the Unknown folder and the All Firmware folder in the Firmware Mgmt tab.
6.
Assign the firmware record to the appropriate product families or device types.
Expand the Unknown folder in the left−panel Firmware Mgmt tab. Select the firmware or
boot PROM image, then select Tools > Assign Firmware. You can also right−click on the
image, and select Assign Firmware from the menu. The Assign Firmware window opens.
a.
In the Device Type list, select the families and/or individual device types where you want to
assign the image. You can select multiple product families or device types using the Ctrl or
Shift keys.
b.
Click OK to assign the image to the selected product families and/or device types and close
the window.
c.
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