Maintaining devices

Software upgrade

CAUTION:

Software upgrade takes some time. Avoid performing any operation on the Web interface during the upgrading procedure. Otherwise, the upgrade operation may be interrupted.

A boot file, also known as the system software or device software, is an application file used to boot the device. Software upgrade allows you to obtain a target application file from the local host and set the file as the boot file to be used at the next reboot. In addition, you can select whether to reboot the device to bring the upgrade software into effect.

1.Select Device > Device Maintenance from the navigation tree to enter the Software Upgrade tab. Figure 40 Software upgrade configuration page

2.Configure software upgrade parameters as described in Table 10.

3.Click Apply.

Table 10 Configuration items

Item

File

Description

Specify the path and filename of the local application file, which must be suffixed with the .app or .bin extension.

Specify the type of the boot file for the next boot:

File Type

Main—Boots the device.

 

Backup—Boots the device when the main boot file is unavailable.

 

 

 

 

 

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