Owner's Manual

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ProSafe Network Management Software NMS200
Deploy Firmware
This screen lets you configure a deployment, whether triggered from resource groups,
individual resources, or the Image Repository screen. Deployment validates the selected
image is appropriate for the selected devices, or appropriate devices within a group.
Notice you can Add Schedule to schedule this deployment rather than Execute it
immediately. Click Save if you schedule this deployment, or Close to abandon your edits.
Deploy Firmware
To deploy firmware, follow these steps:
1. Make sure
you have an FTP / TFTP server correctly configured. See File Management
on page 191.
2. Right
click a device in Managed Resources or the groups or Image Repository pages and
select F
ile Management > Deploy.
3. The Deploy Firmware screen appea
rs.
• Y
ou can Select OS Image in the top panel, and configure deployment with the
following fields:
• OS Image — Select an image. It must already have been uploaded in the Image
Repository.
• Description — A text description of the image.
• Ve
rsion — The image version.
• Device Drive
r — The device driver associated with this image.
• Image
Type — A read-only reminder of the type of image.
• Select T
argets for Deployment — Select targets for deploying the image. This
defaults to the device right-clicked in Managed Resources to initiate this action, or
devices that match the selected file you want to deploy. You can then click the Add
Equipment button (again, restricted to devices that match the deploy file’s type). You
can also remove devices from the target list with the Remove All button. Notice the
Status column in the table of targets shows whether the OS deployment is supported
or not.
Note: You can also select devices, then change the OS selection so a
potential mismatch will occur. This will likely trigger rejection of the
deployment by the device, but is not a recommended experiment.
• Device Options — The appearance of the Device Options panel, at the bottom of this
screen, depends on the device selected in the Targets panel. These vendor-specific
fields let you fine-tune the deployment.
4. Click one of the butt
ons at the bottom of the screen to initiate the next backup action.