How to manage your firmware version?

Ensuring your devices are equipped with the latest firmware is crucial in an ever changing and evolving environment. Plasma Cloud’s simplified firmware management allows you to effortlessly keep your networks up-to-date. This guide will walk you through managing firmware settings at both the organization and network levels.

Certain firmware versions unlock specific features in the Console. If UI features seem to be missing in your network, please check your firmware version and refer to our release notes.

Organisation firmware settings

You can configure firmware settings for all networks within the same organization to streamline management. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Log into the Plasma Cloud console ;
2. Select the Organisation of interest from top right menu;
3. Navigate to Settings > Organisation in the main menu on the left;
4. Find the Firmware upgrade section and configure the Auto-upgrade toggle as needed;
5. Choose the desired firmware version from the drop-down menu.

6. Save your Changes.

Default Selection

When Auto-upgrade is enabled, the console defaults to the latest stable firmware release.

Firmware versions with 'beta' label are in testing mode and should be chosen with care. Versions without label are mature stable releases.

Network firmware settings

When creating a new network, the Console automatically pre-selects the latest stable firmware version. For existing networks operating on older firmware, you have the option to continue using the current version or upgrade to a more recent release. To manage your network firmware version, follow these steps:

1. Log into the Plasma Cloud console ;
2. Select the Organisation and Network of interest from top right menu;
3. Navigate to Settings > Network in the main menu on the left;
4. Find the Firmware upgrade section;

To follow the organisation’s firmware settings simply enable the toggle shown above. For manual overrides, you need to:

5. Set the “Follow organisation settings” toggle to Disabled;
6. Configure the Auto-upgrade toggle according to your needs;
7. Choose the desired firmware version from the drop-down menu;
8. Save your Changes.

Schedule firmware upgrades

It is recommended to schedule firmware upgrades using the maintenance window to manage down times. A maintenance window is a designated period of time during which unattended maintenance, potentially causing temporary disruption of service, may be performed. Without a maintenance window, your devices will auto-upgrade immediately once a new firmware release becomes available.

Learn how to set up a maintenance window in this article.