We have a few HP 3810M switches, and I know the firmware is not up-to-date. However, when looking at the firmware list there are several different "current" versions. For instance, all firmwares listed here begin with KB.16.
but then the second number appears to be a "branch" and the last number seems to be the patch level. But if we are currently running a KB.16.04.*
firmware then should we select the latest KB.16.04.*
version? I assume that would be the "safest" option, but it's not immediately clear what the tradeoffs are. Since these are all listed as available for this switch, can I update to any of them? Is there any summary of what is new in each "branch" version, or would I just need to read through all the release notes for the different versions to figure that out?
Update:
I ended up updating to the latest release for the branch on one switch stack, and that worked fine as expected. I then used the activate software-update
command to update a different switch and that used the latest branch (10) and since that also worked without any apparent issues I put that same version on the first stack.
It would still be nice to have a more definitive summary and guideline for selecting the recommended firmware, though.