11 S OFTWARE U PGRADE ANDI NSTALLATIONThis chapter contains information about upgrading and installing themanagement software of the Webcache 1000/3000. It covers thefollowing topics: What is a Software Upgrade? Detecting Software Upgrades Performing a Software Upgrade What is a Software Installation? Performing a Software Installation Saving and Restoring Configurations Saving a Configuration Restoring a ConfigurationWhat is a SoftwareUpgrade?You can upgrade the management software of the Webcache when anew version becomes available.3Com recommends that you always upgrade to the latest softwareversion to take advantage of additional functionality, bug fixes andfeatures.You can configure the Webcache to automatically detect and downloadnew software versions, and notify you of their availability (via emailnotification; for more information, see “Email Notification” on page 83).The next time that you log in to the Webcache, the Upgrade Softwarewizard opens and guides you through the software upgrade process.Alternatively, you can manually perform a software upgrade, bydownloading and locating the software upgrade file yourself.
