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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 Distribution
You are also prompted to enter your Proxy Username and Proxy Password only if a Proxy Server
hostname/IP and port are configured in:
Common Services > Security > Cisco.com Connection Management Proxy Server Setup
• Click OK after entering the credential information.
The software management analyzes the required images that are available in your software repository
and on Cisco.com. It then recommends the appropriate image for distribution.
See Understanding Upgrade Recommendations for details on how Software Management recommends
image for various Cisco device types.
The Distribute By Devices dialog box appears with the following information:
Notation Descriptions
• An asterisk (*) at the beginning of the field indicates the recommended image or partition by
Software Management. If there is no asterisk at the beginning of the field, it indicates that an
appropriate image or partition could not be found but the displayed selections might work.
• A '^' means that the image resides in Cisco.com but not in your software image repository. When
you select an image in Cisco.com to distribute to a network device, the image is first added to the
image repository, then downloaded to the device.
• A superscript '1' refers to read-only Flash memory.
• A superscript '2' refers to the Flash partition that holds the running image when a device is running
from Flash (RFF).
Step 4 Select the devices that you want to distribute images and click Next.
The Distribute By Devices window appears with these details:
Step 5 Click Next.
The Job Schedule and Options dialog box appears.
Field Description
Device Information Name of the device.
Click on the device name to launch the Device Center.
Module Information Image type, chassis model, and software version on device.
Image Options Details of the recommended image.
Storage Options Details of recommended image storage information.
Errors Click on the underlined Error message to review the details.
Field Description
Device Name of the device
Selected Module Module information that you have selected.
Selected Image Image information that you have selected.
Selected Slot Image storage information that you have selected.
Verification Result Click on the link to review the details.