The Automatic Firmware Update page allows you to configure an automatic update of the QX200's firmware (software image) as it becomes available on the server. When this service is enabled, on the configured day and time QX200 will automatically check for a new available firmware on the server and will either notify the administrator or update the firmware right away, depending on the configured settings.
The server configuration can be done manually or through the DHCP server. In case of DHCP server replying configuration, the corresponding adjustments should be done on the DHCP server to automatically point the QX200 to the destination where the firmware is stored.
Note: Independent on the selected server type, there should be an "auto-update" folder in the root directory of the server. QX200 will check for any new firmware in that specific folder only. Besides the firmware *.bin file, the "auto-update" folder should contain supplementary file(s) to point to the correct firmware file.
This page consists of the following components:
The Enable Automatically Firmware Update checkbox selection enables the automatic firmware update service on the QX200. Attention: When the older firmware is installed on the QX200, the system configuration will be lost and the device will be factory reset.
The first manipulation buttons group on this page allows you to choose between the manually configured firmware server and the server defined by the DHCP server.
Assign manually - this selection is used to manually configure the firmware server settings. The Server Name (the IP address or hostname), the Server Port and the Update Method should be defined. The Update Method drop down list provides a possibility to choose among TFTP, FTP, HTTP or HTTPS methods. For some of these selections, authentication Username and Password can be entered.In order to use Epygi's public ftp server leave the Server Name, Server Port, Update Method, User Name and Password text fields to their default values (ftp.epygi.com, 21, ftp and anonymous respectively, use blank for password).
Assign automatically via DHCP - choose this selection if the Quadro acts as a DHCP client in its WAN interface. In this case the firmware server's configuration will be automatically obtained from the DHCP server. This selection requires previous configuration on the firmware server and will work only if the "auto-update" directory is created on the TFTP server. The DHCP server should also be configured to provide the "TFTP server name" parameter (option 66) to the Quadro.
The second manipulation buttons group on this page allows you to select the frequency of checking for a new update.
Check and notify - choose this selection if you only wish to be notified about the new available firmware on the server. With this selection, on the indicated weekday and time, on daily or weekly basis, the QX200 will check for a new firmware available on the server. The way of notification is configured from the Events page.
Check and update - choose this selection to check and automatically install the new firmware on the QX200 as it becomes available on the server. With this selection, on the indicated weekday and time, on daily or weekly basis, the QX200 will check for a new firmware available on the server, will automatically download and install it on the QX200.
The Check/Update Now button is used to manually initiate Check and notify or Check and update actions. The action to be executed depends on the radio button selected above.