What are the implications of reading the device information from Inventory rather than the device?
A. Inventory information must be up-to-date for SWIM to produce expected results. Out-of-date Inventory information can result in failed SWIM functions, including the following: • The wrong image or Flash card might be recommended to receive an upgrade. • Incorrect determination on whether the Flash partition needs to be erased. • SWIM might add an image to the library from the device (Resource Manager Essentials > Software Management > Library > Add Images), yet fail to import the expected image files. The image is imported into the library, but because the Inventory information is incorrect or out-of-date, the imported image is different than the expected image. • The baseline and synchronization functions might not import the expected images into the library from the devices.
