Inventory Manager provides convenient and powerful tools for managing firmware and boot PROM images on your network devices. To take advantage of these tools, you must store your images in a specified firmware directory, and perform a firmware discovery that will automatically display your images in the left-panel Firmware Mgmt tab.
| NOTE: | If you are using an alternate firmware download server to perform remote downloads, you will need to manually create the firmware records associated with the alternate server (as opposed to having them automatically discovered during a firmware discovery.) Refer to How to Set Up Alternate Firmware Download Servers for more information. |
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For information on obtaining
Extreme Networks firmware, contact your Extreme Networks sales representative, or access the
Extreme Networks firmware download library at:
https://extranet.extremenetworks.com/downloads/
or from the Download icon
in the Firmware Mgmt tab's Details View. (A browser is required to view the
website and Linux users must add the browser's path to their PATH environment
variable.) If you download a firmware image that is contained in a .zip file,
you must unzip the file before placing it into the firmware directory.
Instructions on:
Discovering Your Firmware
Inventory Manager uses the default tftpboot\firmware\images directory for storing your firmware. If you are using an different firmware directory, you must specify that directory in the TFTP Transfer Settings view, the FTP Transfer Settings view, and/or the SCP Transfer Settings view of the Options window. (For more information, see TFTP Server Setup, FTP Server Setup, or SCP Server Setup.)
| NOTE: | The maximum size allowed for a firmware image filename is 128 characters. The maximum size for the path to where the image is stored is 512 characters. Firmware images that exceed these maximums will not be discovered. |
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- Place your firmware and boot PROM images in your firmware directory.
- In the left-panel Firmware Mgmt tab, select View > Refresh from the menu bar.
(You can also use the Refresh icon
in the right-panel Details Views.)
Inventory Manager automatically displays your firmware under pre-defined firmware groups in the left-panel Firmware Mgmt tree. You can assign firmware to multiple firmware groups to facilitate your firmware management according to your network needs. For more information see How to Assign Firmware.
Adding New Firmware Images
Once you have done an initial firmware discovery, you can add new firmware to the left-panel Firmware Mgmt tab using these instructions.
- Place your new firmware in your firmware directory.
- In the left-panel Firmware Mgmt tab, select View > Refresh from the menu bar.
(You can also use the Refresh icon
in the right-panel Details Views.)
Inventory Manager automatically adds your new firmware to the appropriate firmware groups in the left-panel Firmware Mgmt tree.
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