Add a Bootloader Image to the Bootloader Image Archive Directory

The bootloader image archive allows you to view, load, and delete all device bootloader images maintained by the Oracle Communications Session Element Manager.

Before you create your bootloader upgrade work order, you must upload the correct bootloader image to the bootloader image archive.

Based on your Network Function (NF) type, the image is then uploaded into one of the following sub-directories:

Oracle-SessionDelivery/AcmeSD
Oracle-enterprise/Enterprise
Oracle-enterpriseext/EnterpriseExt

If the Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager server on which Oracle Communications Session Element Manager is in a cluster, this server ensures that the new image is replicated for all nodes in the cluster.

Expand the Device Manager slider and select Software upgrade, Boot Loader image archive.
Click Add.
In the Upload Bootloader image to archive dialog box, select the plug-in category from the Categories table (for example, SP Edge & Core) and click Browse from the File field.

The file you uploaded appears in the File field. Click Upload. The bootloader image file appears in the Bootloader Image Archive table, which contains the following fields:

Boot Loader image file name

The name of the uploaded bootloader image file.

Size (Bytes)

The bootloader image file size in bytes.

Date/Time created

The date and time when the file was stored to the disk.

Archive path

The directory to which the archive image files are uploaded.

Note:

Starting with the SDM 9.0.4.0.1 release, the Archive Path column is not displayed. The Archive Path column name is not displayed in the list of columns to display in the Columns in-context menu.