Is Cisco.com connection mandatory for Software Management?
Q. Cisco.com connection is not mandatory for using basic Software Management functionality. Image distribution, library management, tracking software upgrade changes, and other functions can run without Cisco.com connectivity. Cisco.com connectivity provides the additional benefits of obtaining images and their attributes from Cisco.com and viewing the status of outstanding bugs against the software images running on the devices in the network. The following features of Software Management require Cisco.com connectivity: •Adding image to Repository from Cisco.com. Software Management can import images for all supported devices. •Distributing images directly from Cisco.com to devices, also called Recommend Images from Cisco.com. Without a Cisco.com connection, the Recommend Images screen Image list box will not show any images from Cisco.com when it creates the Distribute Images job. •Cisco.com upgrade analysis. •Cisco IOS image deferral processing.
A. Cisco.com connection is not mandatory for using basic Software Management functionality. Image distribution, library management, tracking software upgrade changes, and other functions can run without Cisco.com connectivity. Cisco.com connectivity provides the additional benefits of obtaining images and their attributes from Cisco.com and viewing the status of outstanding bugs against the software images running on the devices in the network. The following features of Software Management require Cisco.com connectivity: •Adding image to Repository from Cisco.com. Software Management can import images for all supported devices. •Distributing images directly from Cisco.com to devices, also called Recommend Images from Cisco.com. Without a Cisco.com connection, the Recommend Images screen Image list box will not show any images from Cisco.com when it creates the Distribute Images job. •Cisco.com upgrade analysis. •Cisco IOS image deferral processing.
