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Patch update options for X10G security blades

Available patches are listed in the Available patches table.

For each available patch, a version number, description, and status is given. There is also a link to the patch release notes.

 

Important  It is very important to read the release notes. In addition to a summary of changes contained in the patch, there is information about impacts to other modules and an estimate of the time it will take to apply the patch.

The following options are available:

 

Download	Click Download to start downloading an available patch. In the Status field, a progress bar displays the progress of the download. Another patch can be selected, and the download initiated, while the first download is underway. Such requests form a sequential download queue. When the patch download is complete: The Download button is replaced by Install and Delete buttons. (See descriptions of these buttons below.) A Save to network location link is included after the patch description. Click the link to copy the patch file to another location on your network. This is helpful since you have multiple security blades and do not want to download the patch from Websense separately for every blade. Instead, on each blade, simply use the Upload Patch Manually function to upload the patch from the network location. It is recommended that patches be downloaded and applied in numeric sequence. In many cases, this is a requirement.
Pause	When a download is underway, a Pause button displays. Click Pause to temporarily halt the download.
Cancel	When a download is underway, a Cancel button displays. Click Cancel to end the download process.
Resume	When a patch download has been paused, a Resume button displays. Click Resume to continue a paused download.
Install	When a patch has been downloaded and verified (a checksum is performed as part of the download process), and is ready for installation, the Install button is enabled. IMPORTANT: Before installing a patch, it is important that you read the patch release notes. Click Install to install the patch. A series of pages prompt you for confirmation and provide status. You are notified if a restart is required after installation. After the restart, the patch is removed from the patch queue and logged in the Patch History table. The new security blade version number is reflected in the Appliance version field. If an earlier patch has not been installed but is required, you receive a message in the Status column indicating which earlier patch is required, and the Install button for the dependent patch is disabled. Install the earlier patch first. If a patch installation fails, any installed files from that patch are immediately uninstalled and a message displays indicating that the patch installation failed. You can try installing it again. If that fails, delete the patch, then download it again and re-attempt the installation.
Delete	Click Delete if you want to delete a patch.
Check for Patches	Click the Check for Patches button to manually check for new patches.
Upload Patch Manually	Click Upload Patch Manually to upload a patch from another location on your network. This can be a convenient and efficient method of distributing a patch among multiple security blades in a cluster or where multiple blades have access to a local network. For instructions on copying a patch file from a blade to another location in the network, see the entry for Download, above.

Proxy Settings

If your 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.

 

Use proxy server	Select the check box to enable or disable the option.
Proxy IP address and port	Specify the IP address and port number of the proxy to be used.
User name/ password (optional)	Optionally, authenticate the proxy connection with a user name and password.
Test Connection	Click Test Connection to test the connection to the specified proxy.

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