Managed set firmware settings

Change the firmware on a managed set. We can upload a file from a local or remote file system. The firmware for a managed set, must have the same value for appliance type, model type and licensed features as the devices in the managed set.

Do not use the DataPower 3.6.0.28, 3.6.0.29, or 3.6.0.30 level of firmware for a managed set.

Typically, when we create a managed set of DataPower appliances, the DataPower appliance manager completes the following process:

• Creates a shareable appliance settings version from the shareable appliance settings on the master appliance.
• Synchronizes the settings across the managed set. This synchronization process is repeated whenever the shareable appliance settings change on the master appliance.

Similarly, when a domain is added to a managed set in the DataPower appliance manager, the DataPower appliance manager typically completes the following process:

• Creates a domain version from the domain on the master appliance.
• Synchronizes the domain version across the managed set. This synchronization process is repeated every time that the domain changes on the master appliance.

If we use the DataPower 3.6.0.28, 3.6.0.29, or 3.6.0.30 level of firmware for a managed set, the firmware level might cause the DataPower appliance manager to unnecessarily create new shareable appliance settings versions, or domain versions, and then synchronize these new versions across the managed set.

From the admin console, click...

        Servers > DataPower > Managed sets > > managed_set_name > Change firmware.

From a version already in the DataPower appliance manager

Select this option if we want to use a firmware version that already exists in the appliance manager, and then select the version to use from the list of available versions.

Upload from local system

Select this option to upload a firmware version from a local file system. We can either type a fully qualified path name in the Location field, or we can select a file from the local file system.

Upload from remote system

Select this option to upload a firmware version from a remote file system. We can either type a fully qualified path name in the Location field, or we can select a file from the remote file system.

Comments

Specifies user-defined information about a firmware version.

Add new firmware versions to the DataPower appliance manager