So for this reason let’s proceed installing or upgrading the ProSAFE Plus utility first. One important thing to mention is that at the time of writing the latest version of the firmware (2.00.12) is not backward compatible with older versions of the ProSAFE utility prior to 2.5.3. This article is divided in two parts: a first one to install the Netgear ProSAFE Plus utility and a second one to upgrade the Netgear firmware. The idea is to start leveraging Vlans and Jumbo frames features for the next setup of the vSphere environment.īefore proceeding I wanted to check if newer versions of the firmware are released hence this article showing how quick and simple is to upgrade Netgear firmware on the network Switches to the latest version. In my previous configuration I’m using such Switches with basic configurations.

There are plenty of features we can leverage from these Netgear small Switches and they are a good candidate for home lab environments.

These are 8-Ports Managed Network Switches (model GS108Ev3) with a good set of funcionalities for small home labs and since the purchase of the first one I wanted to keep the configuration consistent for the other VMware Hosts I have added to my home lab. In particular I’m using 4 Netgear ProSAFE Plus Gigabit Switches. In particular I wanted to check if new upgrades for the Netgear firmware on the physical switches I’m currenlty using was available. In preparation of some new changes I would like to bring to the enviroment in my home lab I have also decided to take a quick look at the physical switches and see if there were new updates available.

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