Upgrading to SteelHead Mobile
This section describes how to upgrade your Mobile Controller appliance to SteelHead Mobile. These instructions assume that you’re familiar with the Riverbed CLI and Management Console.
To upgrade your software
1. Log in to the Management Console using the administrator account (admin).
2. Choose Administration > Maintenance > Software Upgrade page and select one of these options:
– From URL - Type the URL that points to the software image. Use one of these formats:
http://host/path/to/file
https://host/path/to/file
ftp://user:password@host/path/to/file
scp://user:password@host/path/to/file
– From Riverbed Support Site - Select the target release number from the drop-down list to download a delta image directly to the appliance from the Riverbed Support site. The downloaded image includes only the incremental changes. You don’t need to download the entire image. The system downloads and installs the new image immediately after you click Install. To download and install the image later, schedule another date or time before you click Install.
– From Local File - Browse your file system and select the software image.
– Schedule Upgrade for Later - Select this check box to schedule an upgrade for a later time. Type the date and time in the Date and Time text boxes using these formats:
yyyy/mm/dd and hh:mm:ss.
3. Click Install to immediately upload and install the software upgrade on your system, unless you schedule it for later.
The software image can be quite large; uploading the image to the system can take a few minutes. Downloading a delta image directly from the Riverbed Support site is faster because the downloaded image includes only the incremental changes and is downloaded directly to the appliance.
As the upgrade progresses, status messages appear. After the installation is complete, you’re reminded to reboot the system to switch to the new version of the software.
4. Choose Administration > Maintenance > Reboot/Shut Down and click Reboot.
The appliance can take a few minutes to reboot. This behavior is normal because the software is configuring the recovery flash device. Don’t press Ctrl+C, unplug, or otherwise shut down the system during this first boot. There is no indication displayed during the system boot that the recovery flash device is being configured.
After the reboot, the Home page, the Software Upgrade page, and the Support page of the Management Console display the version upgrade.