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LIVE UPDATE

 

This chapter describes the features and benefits of using 3Com® Network

Supervisor Live Update. It outlines:

■About Live Update

■Using Live Update

About Live Update 3Com Network Supervisor Live Update provides a method for actively delivering current hardware and software information for 3Com products. This proactive transaction requires that the user has version 3.0 of 3Com Network Supervisor installed.

Live Update Live Update “pulls” information, at the users’ request, from a 3Com database via the World Wide Web and provides support for newly installed devices, software upgrades, service packs and feature enhancements. This delivery mechanism provides a secure method for downloading information in a manner that is cost-effective, convenient, and above all, current. This method of delivery provides “day-one” management for all newly developed devices.

Using Live Update Live Update connects to a 3Com server using the same method as your default Internet browser. This configuration is established the first time you run Live Update. When you launch Live Update the application performs a comparison of the configuration and agent files on your network with the files located on the 3Com server. It then displays a list of the newer files on the server and asks if you want to download them. You can choose to select any or all of the files from the list.

Live Update Setup The first time you run Live Update, the Live Update Setup Wizard runs, allowing you to specify how to make the connection to the Internet.