The General tab appears when you select an individual firmware or boot PROM image in the left panel's Firmware Mgmt tab. It displays information about the image.
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- Image Name
- The name of the image as it is displayed in the left-panel Firmware Mgmt tree. The maximum length of the displayed name is 50 characters. Longer names will be truncated to the 50-character maximum with a (2), (3), and so on, appended if there are multiple images with the same name.
- Version
- The version number of the firmware or boot PROM image. If the version number is not available from the image file, and Inventory Manager has not performed a firmware or boot PROM upgrade using this image, this field will display N/A (not available). Enter a version number and click Save to manually set a version number for the image.
- Status
- The status of the image file: File Found or File Not Found. This shows whether the image file is still present in the firmware directory. If the image is a user-defined firmware record, this column will display "User-Defined File."
- Image Type
- Displays whether the image is a firmware or boot PROM image. Use the radio buttons to change the designation if necessary.
- Server
- Displays the firmware download server associated with the firmware image. A discovered firmware image that is accessible by the mapped file transfer server (as configured in the Suite-Wide Options Services for NetSight Server view) will display "Mapped Server". A user-defined firmware record will display its associated alternate firmware download server, as configured in the Create Firmware Record window.
- Root Directory
- Displays the root directory for the firmware download server if the server is an alternate firmware download server and the image is a user-defined firmware record. Otherwise, this field will not be displayed.
- HAU Compatibility Key
- This field displays the HAU Compatibility Key if one is detected on the firmware image. HAU (Highly Available Upgrade) is a feature on certain devices that allows firmware to be upgraded with minimal (if any) downtime. HAU is configured using the device CLI or by creating a FlexView in Console (ethsyHauSystemHauMode). When the device HAU status is set to "If Possible" or "Always" mode, Inventory Manager will attempt to perform an HAU upgrade if the HAU firmware compatibility key is the same for the currently running firmware and the newly selected firmware.
| NOTE: | Firmware images that were discovered with a version of Inventory Manager prior to 4.4 will need to be removed from Inventory Manager and rediscovered to populate the compatibility key field. |
- Description
- Use this field to add a brief description of the image and any information regarding its use. Click Save to save any changes.
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