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 GS748T Smart Switch
By default, the firmware is downloaded to primary storage and will be become the active 
image after the download completes and the switch reboots. To download firmware to use 
as a backup image, select the Secondary Storage option. To prevent the switch from 
using the downloaded firmware as the active image, make sure the Run this FW after 
download option is clear.
Note: NETGEAR recommends that you download the same image as the 
primary and secondary image for redundancy.
3. From the Select new firmware window that appears, navigate to and select the firmware 
image to download to the switch.
4. Click Op
en.
You can choose to schedule a later time to comple
te the download and installation by 
clearing the Run Now? option and selecting a date and time to perform the firmware 
download and installation. The scheduled firmware download appears in the Tasks list.
5. Ente
r the switch password to continue downloading the firmware.
6. Click App
ly to download the firmware and upgrade the switch with the new image.
7. When the process is complete, the switch automatically reboots.
Note: Click the Tasks tab to view status information about the firmware 
upgrade.
It is important that you do not power-off the administrative system 
or the switch while the firmware upgrade is in progress.