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Chapter 12 Managing Software Images Using Software Management

Setting Up Your Environment

You can view the known catastrophic or severe bugs in the software running on the devices

supported by Software Management using Bug Toolkit (Resource Manager Essentials > Reports

> Report Generator).

See Checking Bug Status Using Bug Toolkit for further details.

• Set the debug mode for Software Management application

You can set the debug mode for Software Management application in the Log Level Settings dialog

box (Resource Manager Essentials > Admin > System Preferences > Loglevel Settings).

See Application Log Level Settings for further details.

• Using Device Center you can perform the following Software Management tasks:

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Add Images to Software Repository (from Devices)

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Determine the impact to and prerequisites for a new software deployment using images that

reside in Cisco.com using Cisco.com Image

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Determine the impact to and prerequisites for a new software deployment using images that

reside in Software Repository

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Distribute Images (by Devices, Basic)

See RME Device Center for further details.

• The supported IOS image version for RME 4.1 is 11.x and later.

For the new features in this release, see What's New in this Release.

For list of supported devices in the Software Management application, see:

• Supported Image Import Features for Software Management

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps2073/products_device_support_table09186a

008055baab.html

• Supported Image Distribution Features for Software Management

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps2073/products_device_support_table09186a

008055baaa.html

Setting Up Your Environment

This section lists all prerequisites for using the Software Management application:

• Requirements on CiscoWorks Server

• Logging Into Cisco.com

• Configuring Devices for Upgrades

• Using Job Approval for Software Management

The following are the prerequisites:

• Make sure you have a directory or file system location with enough space to store the software

images.