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User Guide for Resource Manager Essentials 4.1
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Chapter 12 Managing Software Images Using Software Management
Software Repository
Step 3 Click OK.
Adding Images to the Software Repository
Your software image repository should contain copies of software images running on all Software
Management-supported devices in your network. Use the following options to populate and maintain
your software repository:
• The Add Image to Software Repository using the Cisco.com option downloads images for devices
in RME from Cisco.com to the software repository.
See Adding Images to the Software Repository From Cisco.com.
• The Add Image to Software Repository using the Device option
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Imports images from selected Cisco devices to the software repository.
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Imports software from Flash cards on a live device to the software repository.
See Adding Images to the Software Repository From Devices.
• The Add Image to Software Repository using the File System option imports an image from a
directory accessible from the RME server.
See Adding Images to the Software Repository From a File System.
• The Add Image to Software Repository using the URL option downloads images from URL you
specify.
See Adding Images to the Software Repository From a URL.
• The Add Image to Software Repository using the Network option creates a baseline of all Software
Management-supported devices in your network, and imports these images into your software
repository.
See Adding Images to the Software Repository From the Network.
Adding Images to the Software Repository From Cisco.com
Use this option to download software images from Cisco.com into the software image repository.
• Contact your channel partner or enter a request on the main Cisco web site. If you do not have a user
account and password on Cisco.com.
See Logging Into Cisco.com.
• Access the Cisco.com web site to make sure that the releases for the images you plan to download
are stable.
• Determine the approximate number and size of the images you want to download. The number of
images you can download at a time can vary depending on Cisco.com load, image sizes, network
load, RME server load, and so on.
Note View Permission Report (Common Services > Server > Reports) to check if you have the required
privileges to perform this task.
To add images from Cisco.com: