Administration > X10G security blade patch management

X10G security blade patch management

X10G security blades are kept up to date with a simple, easy-to-use patch management facility.

Go to the Administration > Patch Management page to check for, download, and install patches.

Security blades automatically check for patches once a day. The time of the check is randomized, cannot be configured, and is different for every blade.

To manually check for patches at any time, use the Check for Patches button.

When a new patch is available, the patch version number, description, and status are displayed in the Available patches table.

When a new patch is available, an alert is displayed on the Status > General page.

After a patch is downloaded it can be copied to another location on your network where it can be easily and efficiently uploaded to multiple blades.

If the security blade management interface (C) does not directly connect to the Internet, you can configure a proxy server through which the blade checks for patches.

The Patch History table provides an immediate history of patches that have been applied to the blade.

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Patch update options for X10G security blades

Patch history for X10G security blades

Best practices for security blade patches

A new security blade at your site should immediately be patched to the latest version.

Keep all X10G security blades on your network at the same version.

Install software patches as soon as they become available.

Patch process

Patch discovery is performed automatically every 24 hours at random time, or manually with the Check for Patches button.

Patch download and installation is always initiated manually by the security blade administrator.

Use the Administration > Patch Management page to download and install each patch on the blade, during a low-activity period on your network.

Install patches in consecutive sequence.

On the Patch Management page, the "appliance current version" number is the current blade version (the number of the latest patch installed).

Be sure that all Websense modules running off the blade, such as Log Server, are upgraded to the appropriate level each time you patch the security blade. See the patch release notes for details.

Multiple X10G security blades may be installed in your network. However, they must all be running the same version of Websense software modules. Websense, Inc., does not support running different versions of the software on different blades on one network. Filtering results are not expected to be consistent in that scenario.

Administration > X10G security blade patch management