Updating Smartpathos Firmware - Black Box SmartPath LWN602A User Manual

To load a file from an SCP server:
File from remote server: (select)
IP Address: Enter the IP address of the SCP server.
SCP Port: Enter the port number of the SCP server (the default port number for SCP is 22).
File Path: Enter the directory path and SmartPath EMS VMA software file name. If the file is in the root directory of the SCP
server, you can simply enter the file name.
User Name: Type a user name with which SmartPath EMS VMA can access the SCP server.
Password: Type a password with which SmartPath EMS VMA can use to log in securely to the SCP server.
or
To load a file from the Black Box update server:
File from Black Box update server: (select)
A pop-up window appears with a list of newer SmartPath EMS VMA image files. If you have the latest available version, the list
will be empty. If there are newer images, select the one you want, and upgrade SmartPath EMS VMA to that image by trans-
ferring the file over an HTTPS connection from the server to SmartPath EMS VMA.
7. To save the new software and reboot SmartPath EMS VMA, click "OK."

7.5 Updating SmartPathOS Firmware

SmartPath EMS VMA makes it easy to update SmartPathOS firmware running on managed SmartPath APs. First, you obtain new
SmartPath AP firmware from Black Box Technical Support and upload it onto SmartPath EMS VMA. Then you push the firmware
to the SmartPath APs and activate it by rebooting them.
NOTE: When upgrading both SmartPath EMS VMA software and SmartPathOS firmware, do so in this order:
• Upgrade SmartPath EMS VMA (SmartPath EMS VMA can manage SmartPath APs running the current version of
SmartPathOS and also previous versions going back two major releases).
• Upload the new SmartPathOS firmware to the managed SmartPath APs, and reboot them to activate it.
• Reload the SmartPathOS configurations to the managed SmartPath APs—even if nothing in the configurations has
changed—and reboot them to activate the configuration that is compatible with the new SmartPathOS image.
1. Log in to the Black Box SmartPath Portal to obtain a new SmartPathOS image.
2. Save the SmartPathOS image file to a directory on your local management system or network.
3. Log in to SmartPath EMS VMA and navigate to Monitor > Access Points > SmartPath APs.
4. In the SmartPath APs window, select one or more SmartPath APs, and then click "Update > Upload and Activate SmartPathOS
Software."
The Upload and Activate SmartPathOS Software dialog box appears.
5. To the right of the SmartPathOS Image field, click "Add/Remove."
6. In the Add/Remove SmartPathOS Image dialog box that appears, enter one of the following—depending on how you intend
to upload the SmartPathOS image file to SmartPath EMS VMA—and then click "Upload:"
To load a SmartPathOS image file from the Black Box update server:
SmartPathOS <version> images from Black Box update server: (select)
To load a SmartPathOS image file from a directory on your local management system:
Local File: (select); type the directory path and image file name, or click Browse, navigate to the image file, and select it.
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