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1. A method comprising:
sending, by a first network device, information regarding a first version of firmware installed on the first network device to one or more servers, receiving, by the first network device, information to download firmware from the one or more servers, the information to download firmware including one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) providing access to a second version of the firmware for loading on the first network device, the second version of the firmware being different from the first version of firmware installed on the first network device; and in response to receiving the information to download firmware by the first network device that is operating as a virtual control device for a second network device,
downloading, by the first network device, the second version of the firmware that is different than the first version of the firmware installed on the first network device,providing, by the first network device, the downloaded second version of the firmware to the second network device when the second network device is a same device type as the first network device, andproviding, by the first network device, the information to download firmware to the second network device when the second network device is a different device type than the first network device, the information to download firmware enabling the second network device to access a second version of firmware for the different device type than the first network device directly from the one or more servers. |
