HP Security Modules Software Upgrade Guide-6PW103

4
Upgrade Methods and Flow
Upgrade Methods
You can upgrade software in one of the following three ways:
• Upgrade software on the Web interface. For the upgrade procedure, see “Application Upgrade on
the W
eb Interface”.
• Upgrade the BootWare program and an application using Xmodem through the serial interface.
For the upgrade procedure, see “Upgrading the BootWare Program and Applications Through the
Ser
ial Interface”.
• Upgrade applications using TFTP/FTP through an Ethernet interface. For the upgrade procedure,
see “Upgrading Applications with TFTP” and
“Upgrading Applications with FTP”.
The second and third are called conventional software upgrade methods.
NOTE:
• The BootWare pro
g
ram is automatically up
g
raded when applications are up
g
raded, that is, you do no
t
need to upgrade the BootWare separately.
• Before software up
g
rade, check the current versions of the BootWare pro
g
ram and applications so as to
use the correct files for upgrading.
Table 2 lists the software upgrade methods supported by different models of Security modules.
Table 2 Software upgrade methods supported by different models of Security modules
U
pg
rade method FW LB NS SSL VPN
On the web interface
Supported Supported
Not supported Not supported
Using Xmodem
Supported Supported
Using TFTP on the BootWare menu
Using TFTP at the CLI
Using FTP on the BootWare menu
Using FTP at the CLI
NOTE:
The SSL VPN modules do not support software upgrade on the Web interface.