11-05-2019 05:23 AM
Hello community,
I am trying to distribute new software to our infrastructure. Even though I have selected a large number of routers to deploy the image, the software download proceeds in bulks of 5. Is there any way to change this value, so that Prime can distribute the file to a larger number of nodes simultaneously?
We are running Prime Infrastructure 3.5.
Thank you in advance,
Katerina
11-05-2019 07:58 PM
Personally, I don't recommend PI or DNAC to distribute firmware.
11-06-2019 12:17 AM
Hello Leo,
Can you please elaborate on your answer? We are using PI as a simple tftp server. What other tool do you recommend for bulk distribution of software images? Some form of network automation?
Katerina
11-06-2019 01:07 AM
11-08-2019 12:22 AM
I use PI as a software repository. Since one of its functions is software deployment, I chose to use it. It worked without any problems (simple tftp transfer). I have verified the md5 hash via another job, just to be on the safe side, but I don't see the harm in using it as a simple TFTP server for software distribution, taking into consideration that Cisco has included this functionality in this product.
We do not have a massive network (software was distributed to 100 sites), so maybe for a larger scale it could have issues.
For our case it worked perfectly.
I still don't understand how the parallel distribution is done, because I noticed that it was made in bulks of 5. Is there a way to change this value?
Thanks
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