Help for Software Upgrade Detection


Description of the information displayed

The Software Upgrade Detection page lets you choose a media which contains Appliance software updates (either maintenance or upgrades). It can be one of the following: the IBM Software Upgrade FTP server, an FTP server, a CD, or a local filesystem.

To find software upgrade packages:

  1. Select one of the following where Appliance software updates may be found:
    IBM Appliance Update FTP Site This is the official IBM FTP Site where Appliance updates may be found.
    FTP Server This is a selectable text field which the administrator can fill in with a URL of an alternative FTP site to search.
    CD This is a CD containing upgrades inserted in the system's CD drive.
    Local Filesystem This is a path to a filesystem with updates on the Appliance.


  2. Click $(button_select) to find the available updates on the specified media and go to the Software Upgrade Selection page.

Note:Only "FTP" URLs with the following syntax are valid for the user specified "FTP Server":

         ftp://<servername>/<remote dir>
or
         //<servername>/<remote dir>
or
         /<servername>/<remote dir>
where
     <servername>   is a valid tcpip hostname which supports ANONYMOUS ftp.
     <remote dir>  is a directory on the server under the anonymous ftp login where the PTFs are located.
        


Description of the buttons and actions available

$(button_select) Click this button to search for upgrades on the specified media and display the Upgrade Selection Page with the upgrades that can be installed.
$(button_cancel) Click this button to go back to the Software Install Maintenance web page