Extreme Networks Summit WM Maintenance Manual page 47

To perform an upgrade of Summit WM Controller software:
1 From the main menu, click Summit WM Controller. The Summit WM Controller page is displayed.
2 From the left pane, click Software Maintenance. The SWM Software tab is displayed.
3 If the image file is already located on your Summit WM Controller, skip this step and continue with
Step 4. If the image file (.tar) you want is located on an external FTP server, select Remote, and then
type the following:
FTP Server – The IP address of the FTP server to retrieve the image file from.
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User ID – The user ID used to log in to the FTP server.
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Password – The corresponding password for the user ID.
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Confirm – The corresponding password for the user ID, to confirm it was typed correctly.
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Directory – The directory on the server in which the image file that is to be retrieved is stored.
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Filename – The name of the image file to retrieve.
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Click Get Image now. The FTP Image window is displayed, providing the status and results of
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the FTP upload. The image is uploaded onto your system and added to the Select upgrade list.
4 Select Local, and then click the image file you want to upgrade to from the Select upgrade list.
5 If applicable, backup the current system image:
To save the backup image locally, select the Local option. The Filename box is populated with the
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automatically generated file name for the backup image. You cannot edit the file name of the
backup image file.
To save the backup image on a remote FTP server, select the Remote option, and then type the
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following:
FTP Server – The IP of the FTP server that will store the image file.
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User ID – The user ID used to log in to the FTP server.
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