External Servers

The External Servers page allows you to add the external servers that stores the image files used for upgrading the physical nodes or GigaVUE-FM to the latest software version.

To access the External Servers page, go to System > Images > External Servers. The External Servers page has buttons to set up and manage external image servers. These buttons are described in Table 1: Controls on External Servers Page. For information on how to upgrade from an external server, refer to the Upgrading from an External Image Server section in the GigaVUE Fabric Management Guide.

Table 1: Controls on External Servers Page

Add

Allows you to specify where image files will be stored.

Clicking Add opens the Image Server Details dialog, where you specify:

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Alias — A name to identify the server.

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Server IP/Host Name — The IP address of the server or the host name.

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Type — Images can be updated using SCP.

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Usernameand Password —The user name and password that will be used to log into the server to store the image file.

Note: Starting from software version 6.1.00, you cannot add a TFTP server. If TFTP servers were added in previous software versions, then after upgrading to software version 6.1.00, the added TFTP servers will not be available.

Actions

Allows you to perform the following operations:

Select a server and click Actions > Edit to open the Image Server Details dialog, where you can modify the values specified for the server. Same options are to be filled as noted for Add.
Select a server and click Actions > Delete to delete the server specified. The Delete Option will have a validation option to select as a pop-up prior to deleting a node.

Export

Allows you to export the details of all the nodes or only the selected nodes either in CSV or XLSX format.