Configuring the Group Firmware Settings
The Group Firmware Settings allows you to select default firmware for the switch group.
Note: The default firmware selection at group level
does not trigger upgrade for the existing switches in the switch group, it only
triggers upgrade for newly joined switches. The newly joined switches are upgraded
to the selected firmware in the switch group.
Complete the following steps to perform the firmware upgrade of newly added switch in the switch group to the default firmware version.
- On the menu, click to display the Switches window.
- From the system tree, select a
or Switch Group that you want
to configure, and click
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icon to display the Configure
Switch Group page.
- Complete the following details:
- Name: Enter the name for the switch group.
- Description: Enter a brief description about the switch group .
- Firmware
version: Select a firmware version from the list or
retain the default firmware version.
Note: The Group Firmware Settings requires switches to be running on SmartZone 5.2.1 or later.
- Type: Choose Switch Group.
- Parent Group: Displays the parent group under which the switch group resides.
- Two Factor
Authentication: Switch ON to use
the Console
CLI or Remote
CLI to access the Switches.
Note: Turning ON this feature will disable the SSH access to the switches.
A Message dialog box is displayed, click OK.
- Backup
Schedule: Allows you to schedule the backup. From the
Interval
drop-down list, select the type of backup such as
Daily, Weekly,
or Monthly. If the backup selected is Daily,
you can configure @Hour ,
and Minute fields. If the backup selected is Weekly,
you can configure the Every
(day of the week), @Hour ,
and Minute fields. If the backup selected is Monthly,
you can configure Every
(date), @Hour
, and Minute
fields.
- Click OK.
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