Query regarding Firmware reconciliation to CPE

[Zaid Abdulla]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015, at 07:35 AM, Prashant Upadhyaya wrote:
> I was looking for some best practices for Firmware file for CPE.
> Eg. should I invent a file like <VersionNumberOfFirmware>.bin so that
> the version number can be easily dug out from filename itself, or is
> there any better choice.
> Perhaps the CPE guys can educate from their fielded experience.
> 
> Further are there any nuances in firmware reconcilation eg. only if
> the CPE is at a lower version than what is available at ACS should the
> firmware be upgraded etc.

There are no best practices that I know of. But sticking to one naming
convention is more important than the exact convention you'll follow.

Here's a few suggestions from my experience:

- Include the hardware model to avoid potential name conflicts.

- Custom builds should be marked as such.

- Unless two image files are identical byte by byte, they should never
have the same version number. So when doing rapid test builds with minor
tweaks for testing and feedback always use distinct version numbers.

Zaid