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Upgrade a WAN Edge Device

Follow these steps to keep your WAN Edge device up to date with the latest features and fixes.

Regularly upgrade your device to stay current with new features, enhancements, bug fixes, and compatibility improvements.

  1. From the left menu, select WAN Edges and then select the device.
  2. Click the Utilities button at the top-right corner of the page, and then click Upgrade Firmware.
    Utilites menu and Upgrade Firmware option
  3. In the pop-up window, enter the settings for this upgrade.
    Table 1: Upgrade Settings
    Field Description
    Selected Channel

    • Beta—Non-production lab environment

    • Production—Production environment
    Upgrade to Version Select the version to install.
    Schedule Download Time Start the download immediately or at a later time.

    • Now—Download the firmware immediately when you click the button at the end of this procedure.

    • Later—Download the firmware at the date and time that you specify (for example,during off-peak hours for the site).
    Upgrade device after download

    (Available for SSR only)

    		 Start the upgrade immediately after download, or at a later time.

    • Upgrade Immediately After Download—Start the upgrade after the download is completed.

    • Later—Start the upgrade at the date and time that you specify (for example, during off-peak hours for the site).
    Reboot device after upgrade

    (Available for SRX only)

    		 Select this option if you want the device to reboot automatically after the upgrade. If you don't select this option, you'll need to manually reboot the device to complete the upgrade process.
    Create a recovery snapshot post upgrade

    (Available for SRX only)

    		 If you select this option, a recovery snapshot is stored in Junos OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance). OAM holds a full backup that can be used to restore the configuration if something goes wrong with the Junos volume.
  4. Read and accept the End User License Agreement.
  5. Click the button at the bottom of the window to continue.
    The name of the button depends on the device and the options that you selected earlier in the process: Start Upgrade, Schedule Download, or Schedule Download and Upgrade.
To monitor the upgrade progress, you can go to WAN Edges > WAN Edges and view the progress in the Status column next to the device.
Figure 1: View Upgrade Status from the WAN Edges page WAN Edge device S1-SRX320-1 at Site1 is upgrading at 10 percent. MAC 60:c7:8d:4f:df:4f, IP 10.210.2.38, model SRX320-POE, version 20.2R3-S2.5. Config success, version compliance, and uptime are 100 percent. View Upgrade Status from the WAN Edges page

You can also click the WAN Edge name from the WAN Edges page and view the upgrade progress in the Status row in the Statistics box.

You can see the following stages of firmware upgrade:

  • Initiation of the upgrade operation

  • Completion of firmware download

  • Device reboot to complete the upgrade process

  • Completion of firmware upgrade