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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:
Add Images to Software Repository (from Devices)
Determine the impact to and prerequisites for a new software deployment using images that
reside in Cisco.com using Cisco.com Image
Determine the impact to and prerequisites for a new software deployment using images that
reside in Software Repository
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

Requirements on CiscoWorks Server

The following are the prerequisites:
Make sure you have a directory or file system location with enough space to store the software
images.